The Economic Development Corporation and Governor Tony Evers recently announced the awarding of over $500,000 in grants to school districts around the state.
These grants specifically will go toward the establishment or expansion of local fabrication laboratory, or fab lab, facilities.
The only school district in the area to be included on the list is the Kewaunee School District, which will be receiving $25,000, which is the max amount allowed under the program.
The fab lab is a high-technology workshop equipped with computer-controlled manufacturing components such as 3D printers, laser engravers, computer numerical control routers, and plasma cutters.
Through its Fab Lab Grant Program, WEDC is supporting the purchase of fab lab equipment for instructional and educational purposes by elementary, middle, junior high, or high school students.
