Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, the Nova Labs Capital Campaign has officially closed at $114,851, surpassing our $100,000 goal and unlocking an additional $15,000 matching grant. Together, we are making important improvements to our shared makerspace and investing in Nova Labs' future.

Announcing the release of the 2025 Annual Report. It was year of both impact and opportunity at Nova Labs. Once again, the kindness, generosity, and resilience of our members and affiliates shone through. We continue to be deeply grateful for — and inspired by — this community.

Ed. note: Darsh Nand is a member at Nova Labs and got married earlier this year. As part of a unique wedding favor, Darsh and his wife Katrina created laser engraved/cut tokens that were given to guests. Read Darsh's note about it below. My wife and I recently got married and instead of handing out favors to our guests, we asked guests to put a laser cut token (made at Nova Labs!) into a box. The box had an option to pick between two charities/organizations we feel dearly abo

Crafters Cove donation kiosk panel And we have another $15K added to our Donation Kiosk tracker! Thank you to Fabiana for leading the charge on the silent auction! Plus the Facebook fundraiser has captured over $5K to date (including some pending matching from Facebook on Giving Tuesday). We still need those donations coming in for the next few weeks so we can get ahead of the moving costs as well as submit them for the 2:1 match opportunity. Forward to your friends and famil

Greeting Nova Labs members and friends! Lots of exciting news to share about our new building and move-in plans. To help keep everyone in the loop about all the developments with NL3 we are going to provide more frequent updates via Slack, email, and web. Thanks for your patience as we’ve been running full speed trying to get things done. To set expectations for the first few months in our new home — we will be living in a renovation for a while. Construction will be tackled

NL Makers Repairing Old Sewing Machines: Revived & Reused for Refugees’ Economic Prospects, for Women’s Health, and for the Environment Article by MakerSchool English 7th-12th Grade Class Interview of Isaac Zama and Kathy McCabe conducted by MakerSchool English 7th-12th Grade Class Edited by Melanie Cameron Nova Labs Makers are making with a purpose! Sewing machines destined for landfills are given new life, and women who have lost their homes and livelihoods are being given