The New Black & Veatch MakeSpace at the Johnson County Library

By Bryan Voell

The Johnson County (KS) Library opened its first Makerspace in 2013. At that time it was the size of a (very) small room, but with the economy of size came loads of creative potential. The demand for our two 3D printers, green screen and software-loaded Macs was so great that it quickly became obvious that an expansion was in order. Fast forward to January, 2016, when, as part of a nearly year-long major renovation of our Central Resource Library, we unveiled the brand-new, six...