[HH] TechShop

[Drew Van Zandt]

Waiting list at the Asylum is only for rental space; we could accept
another 30 - 50 general members if there were interested folks, more
during the daytime.  Storage rental does not currently have a waiting
list last time I checked.

Drew Van Zandt
Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics
Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld)
Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D.  Masquerade aVST



On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com> wrote:
> Federico Lucifredi wrote:
>> I doubt the Asylum and Techshop can make do with the local audience.
>> Happy to be proved wrong, however :)
>
> I posted the same news blurb to the AA Discuss list, where it spurred a
> fair bit of discussion. A few interesting things mentioned:
>
> -TechShop is for-profit, AA is not;
> -TechShop is mostly tools; AA has rental space and more emphasis on
> community;
> -AA has a waiting list for rental spaces, so the demand exceeds what AA
> can supply right now; Not sure if that only applies to rental space;
> -Several people expressed an interest in a hackerspace on the South side
> of Boston;
> -AA management seemed to welcome some friendly competition and an
> expansion of the makerspace community.
>
>
>> The most obvious way for them now would be to purchase/partner with
>> the Asylum, rather than compete.
>
> I think independent, friendly competition is the better way to go. They
> can collaborate on events, like fairs.
>
> If I was them, I'd locate in one of the depressed mill towns between the
> 128 and 495 belt. There are probably some that still have cheap mill
> buildings available (although many have been converted to modern office
> space). Pick a town with an existing artisan community.
>
>  -Tom
>
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