Support Area515 with Amazon purchases!
Just by shopping at Amazon, you can make small contributions to Area515 just by setting up as your AmazonSmiles charity! Follow the link to get set up and then just shop as normal, but use AmazonSmiles to do it, and we’ll get 0.5% of your purchase value! http://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-2709204 Learn...
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Grand Opening, Drones, and Open House
Good news, everyone!! Grand Opening We are excited to announce our Grand Opening celebration! Mark your calendars, and don’t forget to share the news via your favorite intenets. https://area515.org/event/grand-opening/ Drones are here Tonight the Des Moines Drone User Group is having their first meeting. Please join if you are...
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Grand Opening!
Hello friends, You’re invited! It’s official, the grand opening is here! Come meet new friends, have fun, see the latest projects, or chat with familiar faces. Never been to a makerspace? Come see projects we’ve completed and hear about where we want to go in the future. Want to know...
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More move!
Hello Des Moines! We are putting in a lot of work to get the new place put together for the grand opening. Wanna help? Wanna help build a community and makerspace for Des Moines? You can! Check out our latest conversations on our google group. Like us on facebook. ...
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First look at new place
The open house this past Tuesday (Oct 7th) was a chance to see the new space, plan some space changes, move some things, and (as always during open house time) meet new friends. Welcome! To start, the new space is at: 1731 Grand Ave Des Moines, IA Our new...
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We have a new place!!
The Des Moines Maker Space has a new home at 1731 Grand Ave on the west end of downtown. It is on the north side of Grand and 2 blocks west of the sculpture park. Since we can’t wait to get in there and start figuring out how to...
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Des Moines Makerfaire
Looking for some positive fun during this long weekend? Get out and have fun at Des Moines’ first Makerfaire! Des Moines is having a Mini-Makerfaire on September 1st (this Monday) at the Science Center! The event gives many individuals and groups an opportunity to get together in one...
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KC Maker Faire 2014
We are headed to Kansas City for the 2014 KC Makerfaire. Located in Kansas City’s historical Union Station, the KC Makerfaire is the region’s largest festival of invention and creativity. Look for us at our both or find us adventuring about the station. See our calendar for all the...
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Arduino Day
We’re officially celebrating Arduino Day, http://day.arduino.cc/. Bring your project (or projects) or just see what we’re up to on Arduino Day 2014. For more info on time and place, check out our events calendar: https://area515.org/event/arduino-day/ ...
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