UC Makerspace

UC Makerspace (UCM) is a creative hub with a fully equipped makerspace and a community kitchen, offering tools, tech, and tasty innovation.

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🪫 “I Believe in You, But I’m on a Budget”

Your $10 donation might not buy a lathe, but it keeps us stocked with screws, glue, and coffee—the trifecta of creative survival. You’re helping bu... Read more

$10 USD
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🔋 “Small But Mighty”

A $25 gift helps us grab the unsung heroes of any creative space—tape measures, spatulas, clamps, sanding discs, bins, and about a thousand other e... Read more

$25 USD
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🔌 “I Could’ve Bought a Power Tool, But This is Better”

This donation fuels real momentum. It could fund a shared shop tool, a culinary workshop, or enough safety goggles to make a whole class look like ... Read more

$100 USD
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⚙️ “Name Goes on a Thing”

Your gift helps fund major tools, kitchen gear, or foundational work—and to show our gratitude, we’ll slap your name (or business) on a tool, table... Read more

$500 USD
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🔥 “Legacy Level”

You’re helping us lay the literal groundwork for something extraordinary. This gift funds major milestones—equipment, build-outs, and full programs... Read more

$1,000 USD
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☕ “Caffeinate the Makers”

This monthly gift powers the fuel that powers everything else—coffee. You keep the team buzzing through brainstorming sessions, late-night builds, ... Read more

$5 USD / month
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🪚 “Tool Tune-Up”

Tools wear down, bits break, belts snap—and thanks to you, we’re ready when they do. This gift helps us repair and maintain shop and kitchen equipm... Read more

$15 USD / month
Recurring contribution
🍽 “Keep the Kitchen Cooking”

From replacing worn-out cutting boards to refilling shared ingredients, your donation fuels the daily magic that happens in our commercial kitchen.... Read more

$30 USD / month
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🛠 “Sponsor-a-Sawblade”

You’re keeping us stocked and ready for whatever comes through the doors. This tier funds high-use supplies like welding rods, 3D filament, textile... Read more

$50 USD / month
Recurring contribution
🏗 “Builder’s Circle”

This is our top-tier, all-star crew. Builder’s Circle members are the backbone of UCM’s long-term success, funding major projects, ongoing operatio... Read more

$100 USD / month
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💡 About UC Makerspace 

Where the Upper Cumberland Comes to Create 
UC Makerspace is a grassroots nonprofit launching in the heart of Tennessee’s Upper Cumberland region, built to empower creators, builders, and kitchen geniuses of all ages. We're crafting a space where welders, woodworkers, bakers, inventors, and dreamers can come together — not just to make stuff, but to make change
Whether you're tuning a lathe or tweaking a sourdough starter, this is the place where hands-on hustle meets collaborative chaos (the good kind). Our dual-purpose space will house both a full-scale makerspace and a community kitchen — because innovation comes in many forms, including cast iron.  

🔧 Our Story 
UC Makerspace started with a simple question: What if the Upper Cumberland had a place where anyone could build anything? 
We’re longtime entrepreneurs, tinkerers, homeschoolers, and community builders who saw a need — and an opportunity — to create something that didn’t exist in our region: a space where creativity, technical skills, and culinary exploration could thrive side by side. 
As our area grows, so does the need for places that foster self-sufficiency, hands-on education, job training, and shared knowledge. From tool libraries to trade workshops, from shared ovens to soldering stations, UC Makerspace is our answer to that need. 
We’re currently in our startup phase — no physical building yet, but big plans are underway. With the support of local officials, organizations, and everyday folks like you, we’re raising funds to open our doors and put tools in the hands of our community.  

🛠 Why Support Us? 
Your donation doesn't just buy a wrench or a whisk — it helps build a legacy.
 You’re funding: 
  • Access to tools and training for people who’ve never had them.
  • Entrepreneurship opportunities for creators and cooks alike.
  • A more resilient, connected, and innovative Upper Cumberland.

Together, we’ll light the torch for creativity and community — and probably weld it to something cool.
 

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News from UC Makerspace

Updates on our activities and progress.

Hello to All Makers, Dreamers, & Community Champions!

We’re thrilled to welcome you to the very first update from UC Makerspace — your future home for building, creating, collaborating, and, occasionally, setting off the smoke alarm (we’re working on that). This marks the official launch of ou...
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Published on May 1, 2025 by Johnny Blayze