History
In July of 2012, ten forward thinking individuals met to discuss the possibility of starting a hackerspace colloborative. Meetings moved around until in April 2013 Ideaworks moved into part of huge warehouse. That same month Ideaworks held Fresno's first ever mini maker faire at Chukchansi Park. Moving forward, in 2018 we purchased our current building. Seven of the original ten founding members are still heavily involved. Public classes and free drop-in Focus Groups take place weekly in areas of woodworking, welding, electronics, fiber arts and sewing, ceramics, 3D printing, laser cutting, welding, and more being added. Ideaworks has become a