Parachute Factory

Parachute Factory
Status	suspected inactive
Country	United States of America
State or District	New Mexico
City	Las Vegas
Date of founding	2012/05/05
Last Updated	2022-09-01
Website	http://parachutefactory.org/
IRC	irc://irc.freenode.org#parachutefactory
Phone	1-505-652-2348
YouTube	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eetewHzSOyQ
EventBrite	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/makecation-at-parachute-factory-in-new-mexico-tickets-13005478737?show onboarding=1&internal ref=login
Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/parachutefactory
Twitter	https://twitter.com/parachutemakers
E-mail	info@parachutefactory.org
Snail mail	166 Bridge Street Las Vegas, NM-87701 Las Vegas United States of America
Number of members	~300"~" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 300.
Membership fee	Free admission to community workshops with RSVP, limited to a certain number of participants, and occasional materials fees (paid in USD). Information subject to correction/updating. Contact Parachute Factory to learn the latest.
Size of rooms	135+ square meters.
Members
Open to Exchanges?	maybe
Open to Residencies?	no
Location	35° 35' 35.23" N, 105° 13' 32.26" W
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Parachute Factory is a community makerspace in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Our goal is to elevate the community through hands-on experiences in technology, art, and culture.

The name Parachute Factory conjures up images of everything this project embodies—from the feeling of jumping headlong into a project, to a manufacturing workplace. It also pays tribute to the community memory of the Jayval & Navajo Textiles parachute factory, where women who hadn’t been in the workforce learned to sew parachutes as a contribution to the Korean War effort, which helped lift the local economy.

In small towns like Las Vegas, big box stores selling cheaply-made merchandise create a throw-away mentality. Parachute Factory offers a homegrown creative alternative to the current cycle of production and consumption that is killing rural America.

Parachute Factory works in partnership with the Media Arts Department at New Mexico Highlands University, the NM Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New Mexico State Library.

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