Main Tenant: MakerspaceNYC Recognizing the importance of providing the community benefits requested in the RFP, we have partnered with Makerspace NYC, who will be our main tenant. Makerspace NYC is a community-oriented organization. Its facilities house many machines and tools including those for high-tech manufacturing. In addition, they offer training and apprenticeships, which would benefit young members of the community as well as the local workforce. Some of the demands of the community for the Industry City rezoning included a high-tech manufacturing hub and a high-tech school. We believe, by signing Makerspace NYC as our main tenant, we are respecting those demands. Moreover, their facilities are well positioned between a workshop and community spaces for interaction and support. During times of COVID pandemic, the makerspace locations were closed to the public and were manufacturing PPEs for health workers. There are ample examples of Makerspaces around the US supporting local businesses by equipping them with new tools and technologies. We imagine Makerspace NYC to fulfill that role and bring the benefits of Sunset Park’s developing innovation district to this community.
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