Join The Co tonight July 24th at 7:00 p.m. for their Show and Tell Open House and tour their 10,000 sq foot facility. The Co is located at 541 Wiley Parker Rd, Jackson, Tennessee and the event is open to anyone, not just members.
The Co is a new 10,000 square foot makespace designed for entrepreneurs, small business owners, makers, students and artists. The massive new makespace provides state of the art equipment and facilities, a community of like-minded individuals and over 50 successful mentors to local small business owners and innovators.
The Co houses workspaces for new or established small businesses, a large engineering lab, meeting rooms and 3,000 square feet of conference or event space. Combine that with the staff and successful mentors, The Co is looking to help grow and educate local businesses and provide them with resources and space that they would normally not have access to.
All Co members will have access to the meeting facilities, event spaces and the fully stocked makespace. The makespace has large open work spaces and includes a 3D printer, an Oculus Rift virtual headset, CNC router, laser cutter, electronics lab, welding station and the promise of even more machines and tools in the coming months.
Membership is divided into two levels, the basic CO:members and CO:workers who need to pass an application process. CO:members will have access to all Co shared facilities and work spaces while CO:workers will have a dedicated workspaces reserved entirely for their projects. While you will need to have a membership to meet with the mentors and use the facilities, many of their events are open to anyone. August events include an after-work meet-up for makers and business people, events to help teach basic coding and other web-related seminars and workshops.
If you’re a local maker or going to be in Jackson tonight feel free to stop by and tour the new facilities or enquire about becoming a member. You can learn more about the new makespace on their website, or you can check them out on Facebook.
