Eugene Makerspace • Building community while we seek a new home
Where: 1009 S Bertelsen Rd, Bay E, Eugene, ORWhen: Saturday, September 6th, 2025 Happy interesting stuff exchange day! The new Westish space is hosting us for a swap-meet for your surplus goodies that could use a new home. Bring your extra working tools, parts, kits, components; any fancy materials you...
We met up with the Bright Parade folks earlier this year and wanted to do something together. That opportunity came up when the Bright Parade sponsored June’s First Friday Artwalk. We had a table in the Farmer’s market pavillion for the evening to talk with visitors about the makerspace community,...
Last week saw us with a table at the Re-Imagine Earth day event, put on by the MECCA, BRING, Shift Community Cycles, City of Eugene Waste Prevention, and Waste Wise Lane County–a part of Lane County Waste Management. We were one of dozens of local organizations in the Farmers Market...
We are rebuilding. While we look for a new space, find us at one of our regular meetups and pop-up events. Work continues to find a new space to house our workshop. Its been fun and instructive getting out into the community, with our regular weekly events and pop-ups, but...
Spring is upon us, and Eugene Maker Space continues to re-build. We’ve hosted a number of pop-up events around Eugene since we last checked in with the blog back in November and are meeting a few times a week to continue making and building community. We’re moved out of the...
Its been a couple of months and there is both lots of news and also not much. First, many thanks to all of you for the donations and the offers of support and help. There was a real moment where we had to ask ourselves if the Eugene Makerspace should...
EUGENE MAKERSPACE (EMS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on providing the Lane County area with tools and equipment for working with wood, metal, plastics, and more. For over 10 years, EMS has provided a collaborative and creative space away from home, for artists and makers to meet up and...
In the early hours of Sunday, September 15, a fire ravaged our community workshop. The damage is extensive, and the loss is more than we can fathom. We are truly, simply, heartbroken. Over the years, we’ve played host to local summer youth STEM camps and Saturday Market startups, we’ve participated...
Hey there everyone! Sorry to keep you all waiting for the “State of the Shop” post. A lot has gone on, and been going on, and we wanted to make sure we had a clear picture of the whole thing before communicating just ‘part’ of the situation. So let’s not...
