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Consultant outlines maker-space and small-manufacturing vision for Old Town Bowie
Summary
Incubate Community Development Partners presented a six-month assessment recommending a maker-space and small-scale craft-manufacturing strategy for Old Town Bowie, emphasizing historic preservation, arts programming and partnerships to attract local entrepreneurs and fundraise for infrastructure improvements.
Incubate Community Development Partners President Mark Lawrence told the Bowie City Council on Feb. 3 that Old Town Bowie's —historic bones— make it a fit for a district built around small-scale craft manufacturing, art spaces and entrepreneurship.
"Old Town Bowie has the infrastructure, the bones, and the culture for what we call small scale craft manufacturing and art spaces," Lawrence said, describing a strategy that prioritizes adaptive reuse of existing buildings,…
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