Ball Brothers Foundation Grantee Spotlight: Inside MadJax, A Home for Makers of All Kinds

By Jud Fisher, President/CEO, Ball Brothers Foundation— MUNCIE, IN — Walk to the corner of Madison and Jackson in downtown Muncie, and you’ll find people welding, sewing, brewing beer, hanging from aerial silks, and pitching new business ideas, all under the same roof and sometimes on the same night. Ten years ago, that same 80,000-square-foot building sat empty, a former industrial laundry facility with no clear future. Today, it’s MadJax Maker Force, one of downtown Muncie’s most surprising spaces, a growing hub for making, entrepreneurship, and community gathering that more people are discovering every month. Where MadJax Started When Cintas…

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