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Team 2877 the Ligerbots uses the Woodshop at our local high school, Newton South High. This has a wide array of woodworking tools that are quite helpful for prototyping. In addition, we have a jewelers CNC with a small cutting area. As well, we have an old metal mill and metal lathe. The lathe is a little wobbly but it is nice to use once in a while. We also have a metal bandsaw, chop saw, belt sander, spindle sander, and bench grinder. It is actually a pretty good sized space with a good amount of work space. There is a room full of computers next to it with creo installed on them. A downside though is we have to put everything away after meetings because the school uses the rooms as a classroom.

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Does anyone have a good list of what teams/schools/organizations have recently (past 6 years) built a new dedicated facility for their STEM/STEAM/Robotics programs?

So far I have:
Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy
Hawthorne High School
Katy ISD in Texas

Who am I missing? Looking for more examples here.

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148's school is finishing a new building right now.

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RIP 1717. You are missed.

We're building a new campus incorporating a large two-story fab-lab/shop/makerspace: https://www.oracle.com/d-tech/index.html

PM me if you'd like more details.

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Our team's nonprofit, the GEAR Aliiance, renovated a warehouse this last year and now use it as our base for all our STEM programs.

I also know that 4334 bought out an old pet store last year and use that as their base of operations.

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Any links related to this? Photos, news article?

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After many years, some more tumultuous than others, 95 has partnered with a technical high school that gives us access to a shop, computers, and our own meeting space. I would strongly encourage that you pursue this model if you can find the right school/champion for your team at a school.

As for what to put in that space... consider what your mentors have expertise in, what processes the team wants to learn, what the existing infrastructure will support, and how much money you can spend on machinery. Many people have strong opinions on what should be purchased, but at the end of the day the details don't matter much as long as you can effectively and holistically utilize your resources and sponsors in your build process.

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Peddie School has a new fabrication lab that houses 5895 and if I remember correctly, Dean was there for the opening.

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2177, The Robettes got a new facility at the school. The building was completed mid-season in 2013, and the team moved in later that summer.

6054 and Marlington HS in Alliance OH just finished our shop this week.

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Thanks for the replies everyone. Links to pictures, news articles, etc would be really helpful.

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We used to be in the basement of our school, sharing a room with Railroad Club. The school built a new music/fine arts wing, and a couple of old rooms that used to belong to the art department became our workshop (3 to be exact). We moved up into much more space, and finally found space to set up a milling machine and stuff like that.

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Queen City Robotics Alliance has been up and running in this facility almost a year. We have 3 FRC, a few FTC, and an FLL team set up in this 10,000 sqft space in Charlotte, NC. Full fields for all three and a machine shop.

http://queencityrobotics.org/

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I don't have any, but I imagine if you contacted 148 they could get you some.