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✨ Getting To Know Our Team ✨

Emily Tolzdorf
Community Outreach and Event Organizer

🌱 Her Roots:
She was born in Lunenburg but now lives in Wendell. She’s been in the North Quabbin region for about 10 years now.

🎨 Her Passion:
She loves doing hands-on projects and prefers "craft" to traditional art ✂️. She’s also an outdoor enthusiast, so she’s been using landscape design to feed that creative itch lately! She also hates seeing things get thrown into landfills ♻️, so anything that can be refurbished or repurposed into something new and creative is really exciting to her!

💫 About Her:
She lives by the idea that the only thing stopping you from succeeding at something new is giving it a try. Never be afraid to try. She worked in youth development for almost a decade, and tried to instill that mantra into the young folks that she worked with! People are capable of more than they know! 🌟

🚌 You May Not Know About Her:
She lives in a school bus!

🧵 Ask About Her:
She went to school for graphic design, including web design 💻, so she can be of help for folks doing digital art or web design! Recently, she has been using Procreate for digital illustrating 🎨. She also loves to sew 🪡 and has started teaching herself how to do upholstery!

#launchspace_orange #makerspace #communityevent #communitymatters #volunteerwithus #membermaker #makerlife #makeitdontbuyit #makermonday #membermade

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✨ Getting To Know Our Team ✨ Emily Tolzdorf Community Outreach and Event Organizer 🌱 Her Roots: She was born in Lunenburg but now lives in Wendell. She’s been in the North Quabbin region for about 10 years now. 🎨 Her Passion: She loves doing hands-on projects and prefers "craft" to traditional art ✂️. She’s also an outdoor enthusiast, so she’s been using landscape design to feed that creative itch lately! She also hates seeing things get thrown into landfills ♻️, so anything that can be refurbished or repurposed into something new and creative is really exciting to her! 💫 About Her: She lives by the idea that the only thing stopping you from succeeding at something new is giving it a try. Never be afraid to try. She worked in youth development for almost a decade, and tried to instill that mantra into the young folks that she worked with! People are capable of more than they know! 🌟 🚌 You May Not Know About Her: She lives in a school bus! 🧵 Ask About Her: She went to school for graphic design, including web design 💻, so she can be of help for folks doing digital art or web design! Recently, she has been using Procreate for digital illustrating 🎨. She also loves to sew 🪡 and has started teaching herself how to do upholstery! #launchspace_orange #makerspace #communityevent #communitymatters #volunteerwithus #membermaker #makerlife #makeitdontbuyit #makermonday #membermade

--- ✨✂️ WEEDING, WATERING, & MAINTENANCE ✂️✨ ---

👀 Looking for some tips and tricks on how to overcome midseason garden challenges?

🌱 Food Access & Education Program: July

Join us in the heart of the growing season for a hands-on, ✨FREE✨ workshop focused on keeping your garden healthy, efficient, and abundant. 🌷

We`ll cover practical techniques to maintain your space and prepare for continued harvests. 🪴

Topics include:
🔸Efficient watering practices
🔸Smart weeding techniques and mulching
🔸Mid-season plantings for extended harvest
🔸Harvesting early crops and storing produce
🔸Mid-season pest control strategies
🔸Maintenance, pruning, and space management

❓Bring your own list of questions and garden challenges—this is a great time to troubleshoot plants that are struggling and get ready for your second round of crops!

📆 Sat, Jun 19, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
📍 1060 Pleasant Street, Athol

🌧️ Rain date: Sunday, July 20th

✅ Let us know you`re coming! 👇
https://app.getoccasion.com/p/n/Jk2NPhCK/v5

#launchspace_orange #makerspace #PestControlTips #VerticalGardening #GardenEducation #FoodAccess #GrowYourOwnFood #GardeningWorkshop

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--- ✨✂️ WEEDING, WATERING, & MAINTENANCE ✂️✨ --- 👀 Looking for some tips and tricks on how to overcome midseason garden challenges? 🌱 Food Access & Education Program: July Join us in the heart of the growing season for a hands-on, ✨FREE✨ workshop focused on keeping your garden healthy, efficient, and abundant. 🌷 We'll cover practical techniques to maintain your space and prepare for continued harvests. 🪴 Topics include: 🔸Efficient watering practices 🔸Smart weeding techniques and mulching 🔸Mid-season plantings for extended harvest 🔸Harvesting early crops and storing produce 🔸Mid-season pest control strategies 🔸Maintenance, pruning, and space management ❓Bring your own list of questions and garden challenges—this is a great time to troubleshoot plants that are struggling and get ready for your second round of crops! 📆 Sat, Jun 19, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 📍 1060 Pleasant Street, Athol 🌧️ Rain date: Sunday, July 20th ✅ Let us know you're coming! 👇 https://app.getoccasion.com/p/n/Jk2NPhCK/v5 #launchspace_orange #makerspace #PestControlTips #VerticalGardening #GardenEducation #FoodAccess #GrowYourOwnFood #GardeningWorkshop
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What the Community is Saying

I had my mind BLOWN this winter. In Orange of all places. I’d been hearing about Launchspace, a makerspace in the OIC building ( the old mattress factory for anyone else that’s been here for eons) but hadn’t gone over to check it out. I ran into an old friend Brianna Drohen, one of the founders, at the Garlic and Arts festival last fall and she inspired me to take a look. After realizing that our own library in Warwick had a couple free passes, I decided to take advantage of the free opportunity to have a look. WOW!!!! That was my immediate response when I walked in, and my enthusiasm and amazement has not retreated one inch since. After my original shock at the size and breadth of the facility I was given a tour to familiarize myself with the various stations and rooms. The list is almost overwhelming. It’s like a playground for creatives of all types. There are sewing machines, both table top and industrial, embroidery and sergers. There is a leather working station with wonderful tools for all kinds of sculptural as well as utilitarian uses. There is stained glass and ceramics, both hand building and wheel work. with kilns and glazes. There is silk screen printing and laser etching and cutting and 3D printers. You can make jewelry and there is a metal shop with lots of equipment.and finally… the woodshop. ah the woodshop.

After my 20$ woodshop orientation fee which pays for the very knowledgeable shop steward to familiarize me with all the machines and make sure you aren’t going to cut your body parts off. I was ready to get started. The stewards were very helpful and patient with my questions and helped me to not get into bad habits. After many uses of the library pass, and half a dozen or more cutting boards, I decided it was time to make the commitment and join as a member for the modest 60$ monthly charge. Now I’ve made 16 cutting/serving/bread boards, a few spindles and a Bowl i turned from a cherry burl from my backyard. I’ve sewn a few bags for the boards and look forward to making some pottery and probably a leather bound book. The possibilities are only restricted by my imagination. If you have any interest at all in making art or craft or just useful things for around the house, I cant overemphasize how helpful the staff and the other members are for reaching that goal. The Pass is free so the investment is just time to go over and try your hand at some stained glass or pottery or just about anything else you can think of to make. There are two passes so you can even bring a buddy. Happy making!

“I think it is one of the largest and one of the most creative Maker Spaces that I have experienced. My work in the Creative Economy has brought me in touch with many maker spaces around the country, and few of them have the kind of dedicated space that LaunchSpace has to different media (i.e., wood, metal, glass, paper, ceramics, etc.), and few of them have the breadth of programming that LaunchSpace has.

I’ve also been impressed that LaunchSpace has been so strategic and deliberate in creating the space and making it available to the arts and creative community. In other words, the leadership was sure to secure funding for the space and had an organizational foundation in place before it officially opened and became operational. Too often, maker spaces rush to open their doors without going through the due diligence that LaunchSpace did.”

Michael, Northampton MA

“I joined LaunchSpace to do a couple of clay workshops and to take advantage of the beautiful sewing area. It has been swell meeting people there, and the stewards are great!

This is a remarkable venue for so many different crafts. It’s amazing that a little community like Orange can provide such rich experiences for the community.”

Elsa, Orange MA

“The funniest things that happen to me at Launch involve finding something in someone else’s studio that is exactly what I need to complete a project – the “cross-pollination” is so exciting! CA finds a power strip at a warehouse and realizes that I need one so brings it in. I have weaving looms that Zander can use, Erica lets my “under-age” granddaughter join a clay hand-building class, Laura sands down some rough pounding blocks for me..these events are so much fun!”

Sharon, Shutesbury MA

“Because of LaunchSpace, I’m starting to believe I can do so much more with my life. I look at the world differently – I see things and wonder how they are made and why they are made that way. For years I had resigned myself to thinking most things were out of my reach. Now I feel so happy because I see there’s a lot I am able to do. Whenever I hit a roadblock, I have confidence that I can find a way to adapt. I am discovering how to create tools that work for me.”

Xander, Belchertown MA

“I think that the Launchspace is a wonderful community asset. As the name implies, it is a jumping-off place for artistic and business endeavors for youth and people of all ages.”

Betsy, New Salem MA

“LaunchSpace means community. It is a place of learning, connecting, and putting that knowledge into practice. You don’t have to be an expert at your craft to find value in LaunchSpace and that’s what I think is the best part about it! Someone at any stage of their maker journey can start and work in the space.”

Sarah, Springfield MA

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