by Terri Willingham | May 25, 2024 | Electronics, Gulf Coast MakerCon, MakerCon, STEM, Sustainability
We’re super excited to have one of our long-time and favorite event partners back again for Gulf Coast MakerCon 2024! A cherished part of Gulf Coast MakerCon since 2015, eSmart Recycling combines environmental sustainability and social impact metrics which...
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 6, 2016 | Education, Electronics, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Mechanics, Robotics, Science, Sponsors, STEM, Sustainability
Stretching across 23 counties, the Florida High Tech Corridor is “a technology rich region known as much for its legacy in aerospace as it is for its growing prominence in other high tech clusters of innovation such as Modeling and Simulation, Optics and...
by tmw2010 | Jan 23, 2016 | Art, Cosplay, DIY, Education, Electronics, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Festivals, Gaming, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Mechanics, Props, Robotics, Science, Sustainability
We’re making ready for our 2016 Gulf Coast MakerCon event! Early Bird tickets to attend the event are 30% off gate admission costs through February 15th. Gate Admission the day of the event is $15 for adults, $14 for seniors 65+ and $13 for children ages 6-12....
by tmw2010 | Dec 18, 2015 | 3d printing, Art, Cosplay, DIY, Education, Electronics, Entrepreneurship, Fairs, Festivals, Gaming, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, MakerCon, Makerspace, Mechanics, Robotics, Science, STEM, Sustainability, Young Makers
Gulf Coast MakerCon planning is well underway for our 2016 event on April 9th at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Now in our 3rd year as Gulf Coast MakerCon, and our 5th as Tampa Bay’s oldest Maker festival, we’ve been learning as we grow and have some...
by tmw2010 | Apr 13, 2015 | Energy, Science, Sustainability
Recent efforts by Floridians for Solar Choice caught our attention, and we reached out to see if we could get a solar energy display at Gulf Coast MakerCon this year. They connected us with Dillion Stafford, a student at the University of South Florida, who is a...
