Preparations for opening day are entering the home stretch at Open Works on Greenmount Avenue. The first of three CNC machines was delivered, and several tenants including 3D-printing startup jimmi have already signed on to use the micro-studios in the Baltimore Arts Realty Corp.-developed space.

But as work finishes up on the studios, fabrication workshops and computer labs inside, the team behind the massive makerspace is already thinking outside the walls.

At Artscape this weekend and at various events heading into the fall, the nonprofit is set to start rolling out a mobile makerspace. In preparing for Open Works’ youth education programming, the team connected with educators like Raymond Braxton. He’s principal of Johnston Square Elementary, which is located three blocks away.

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