LaunchSpace Inc

LaunchSpace, Inc. is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit organization providing non-college opportunities to upskill, collaborate and develop new businesses in Massachuestts’s North Quabbin region of approx. 30,000 residents. Our 13,000 sq.-ft. makerspace facility supports creativity and entrepreneurship in fiber art, painting, printmaking, woodworking, pottery, leather, photography, 3D printing, laser printing and metal working. LaunchSpace has also acquired a vacant 24,000 sq.-ft. school facility, Pleasant Street School (PSS), in partnership with the Town of Athol. Through the redevelopment of the school, LaunchSpace intends to drive the local economy through repurposing the school’s kitchen into a working community kitchen and the classrooms into business incubation suites and/or retail outlets as well as a childcare facility.

We support innovative economic development in post-industrial, semi-rural communities by providing opportunities to explore and develop hands-on skills in support of enhanced personal satisfaction, increased employment value, and business incubation to benefit individuals, schools, businesses and the broader community.