Mission: Equip people with tools to design, invent, and create.
Vision: The New Haven area is enriched by creativity and entrepreneurship.
MakeHaven, Inc. is a not-for-profit, membership-driven organization, gathering place workshop for makers, creators, tinkerers and dreamers. The environment supports the development of and collaboration on a wide variety of projects, including: prototyping, fabrication, mechanics, electronics, crafts, art, and woodworking. Through free public events, skill building workshops an the indpendent projects of our membership, MakeHaven enables people to make things.
Activities Include:
Free public events and meetups which expose people to new and emerging technologies.
Classes and workshops where people build skills in art and technology.
Membership which grants 24/7 access to a woodshop, laser cutters, sewing machines, electronics workbenches, CNC mill and 3d printers.
Scholarships for reduced or free membership to those with limited incomes.
Training and project mentorship for members through a volunteer coaching program.
Advice, events and capabilities to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in fabricating and marketing prototypes.
Partnership with the VA hospital so veterans can include cooperative woodworking projects as a therapeutic activity.