by tmw2010 | Apr 13, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Robotics, STEM, Young Makers
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2016, wrapped up Saturday, April 9, as our biggest and most successful event yet. The whole idea of the event is to create an opportunity to network and share skills, crafts, ideas, and innovations born and raised in our Florida Gulf Coast...
by tmw2010 | Apr 8, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Makerspace
We’ve got several great networking and resource organizations joining us this year, all evidence of the growing community of Makers spanning both sides of our Bays, from Tampa to Sarasota. SeedRegion1 is one of them. Kyle Nurminen, founder of SeedRegion1, is...
by tmw2010 | Apr 8, 2016 | Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Scale Model, Young Makers
Brian Bombei, the founder of Coaster Modeling Enthusiasts of Florida, makes something big – really big: roller coaster models out of K’Nex! He told us a bit more about what he does and why he does it. _______________ I founded Coaster Modeling Enthusiasts...
by tmw2010 | Apr 7, 2016 | Education, Gardening, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Sustainability
We’re Making things indoors and out, this year, and planting the seeds of sustainability this year, with Loretta Buckner, owner and master gardener of We Grow from Here. We Grow From Here was founded as a non-profit in 2010 to create community gardens, and has...
by tmw2010 | Apr 7, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers
We’re really excited about all the great resource groups for Makers joining us this year. One of our favorites is the wonderful but often underutilized Florida Small Business Development Center at Hillsborough County (FSBDC) . Carol Johns, Director of the...
