March Tour

TekVenture
1550 Griffin St, Fort Wayne, IN 46803

Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm

TekVenture’s new location and expanded areas of interest. March 21, 2019, at 1550 Griffin Street, near the Hosey Dam. Starting time will be at 6:30 pm.

Mandatory: Appropriate shoes or better footwear which cover toes and heels. Long pants/slacks.

Across the world, hundreds or thousands of people of all ages are now becoming actively engaged in a growing “culture of making” in no small part inspired by MAKE® magazine, the “21st-century Popular Mechanics” magazine, and “Maker Faires®”, now operating on five continents. This self-conscious, creative, tech-savvy, internet-connected “Maker Nation” is propagating a Third Industrial Revolution.

The Vision of the TekVenture sees a member-driven, regionally-centered, neighborhood-friendly, non-profit organization and facility interconnecting imagination, technology, and community, by providing members access to tools and equipment they cannot afford to own, offering informal education to the public through technical workshops, and providing design, technical and prototyping services to artists, inventors, educators, and entrepreneurs.

Founded in 2006, TekVenture has spent a decade attracting thousands of people to “make things,” providing community-oriented, creativity-inspiring events including six years of Chain Reaction Challenge, five years of Maker Faire®s, three years of Taste of The Arts, an on-going association with the Allen County Public Library, (a documented association that directly influenced libraries through the US,) and since 2015, operating in a permanent 13,000 sq. ft. the downtown facility at 1550 Griffin Street, all with volunteer labor, donated tools and facilities and virtually no funding.

Got something you want to make, a technique you want to learn or a tool you want to use? Come to TekVenture and start Making your future!

Most of TekVenture is intended for all ages. Expansions include theater, woodworking, and an active Fort Wayne Inventors Club. The FW Inventors Club is also potentially helpful if interested in patent law.

Future Tour

April tour: The old GE building, now called Electric Works.

Thursday, April 25, at 3:30 pm.

RSVP at Treasurer@FortWayneEngineersClub.org.

Limited to 30 people. A four-page PDF file including a required waiver will be e-mailed in reply to the first 30 who RSVP. Print and complete the waiver before arriving at the tour, because daylight will be limiting our time on the site. No facilities or artificial light will be available onsite. Expect conditions of a vandalized abandoned building with some contractors working onsite.

Participants must be able to climb multiple flights of stairs and walk over uneven surfaces, puddles, and debris.
Mold, mildew, lead dust, broken glass, and other hazards are likely to be present where we tour.
Mandatory: Appropriate shoes or better footwear which cover toes and heels, plus socks covering at least ankles. No open toes, open heels, slippers, flip-flops, etc..
Long pants/slacks and shirts with sleeves will also be required. No shorts, skirts, nor dresses.
Dress appropriately to be out in the weather. There will be no heat or lights, some exposure to rain and wind.
Bring your own appropriate eye protection. Ordinary glasses are okay.
The actual tour will vary based on building and contractor conditions at that time. Tunnels and other enclosed spaces cannot be visited.

PLEASE MONITOR FUTURE NEWSLETTERS FOR REQUIRED CLOTHING AND OTHER DETAILS.