Article about the local maker movement with quote from Mesa Community College employee Paul Hickey. The movement, still in its infancy, embraces technological change. It brings people together in community spaces to make things, and make them better.

"Paul Hickey, 31, of Chandler, was in the back, using the laser cutter to make an acrylic plaque.  He said it’s not difficult to use the machine.

'The hard part is the design part, so you need to learn the software, and then the laser cutter does all the work,” he said. “I love that you can spend a couple bucks on supplies to make something with the laser cutter, where it would cost hundreds of dollars to buy something similar at the store.' "

Maker spaces building a following around Phoenix.pdf