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Gulf Coast MakerCon 2016 in Review
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...
Meet the Future Makers: SeedRegion1
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 Account...
Meet the Maker: Brian Bombei, of Coaster Modeling Enthusiasts of FL
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 of Florida...
Meet the Garden Maker: Loretta Buckner, of We Grow From Here
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 since...
Meet the Maker Support: FSBDC at Hillsborough County
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...
Meet the Makers: MakerVenture
A new exhibitor this year, MakerVenture , is working to bridge ideas, and spaces to develop them, with the resources people need to be successful. Cofounders Matthew Mason and Brandom Mead told us a bit more about Maker Venture and what they'll be sharing at Gulf...
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2016 Program Now Online!
Our 2016 Gulf Coast MakerCon event program is now available for your browsing - and downloading - pleasure! See the event layout, and check out our great list of exhibitors by booth number in the program or in this separate MakerCon Exhibitor Directory. We've got...
Gulf Coast MakerCon Welcomes Florida High Tech Corridor as 2016 Sponsor!
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 Photonics,...
Meet the Maker: Rocket Burns
Here at Gulf Coast MakerCon, we get excited about all of our makers... but we really get fired up about our amazing youth makers!! It is our pleasure to introduce you to a wonderful, intelligent and inspiring young man, Rocket Burns, who will be making his debut...
Meet the Makers: Upcycled Studio
Ken and Diana Swallow are a husband and wife creative team who combine their artistic talents in Upcycled Studio. We first met them in 2013, when they came out to our then Mini Maker Faire, in Pasco. We've grown a lot since then, and so has their collection of...
Meet the Resource Maker: Makerspaces.com
Some of our Makers make things: art, gadgets, crafts, mechanical devices, crafts, inventions - and others Make opportunities and resources available, like this year's exhibitor, Makerspaces.com. Chances are, if you're online and active in the Maker community, you've...