Make Salt Lake
resource active confidence: Medium status: Draft updated 2026-08-11
Summary
Make Salt Lake is a nonprofit makerspace offering shared fabrication tools and workspace in Salt Lake City. It makes physical prototyping affordable for local builders, but its reach largely ends with members who use the shop.
Who It's For
Makers, hardware founders, and product entrepreneurs in the Salt Lake City area who need shared shop tools and workspace to prototype physical products before manufacturing at scale.
What It Provides
Shared makerspace access and tool labs for digital fabrication, woodworking, metalworking, textiles, and electronics. The Startup State listing also references prototyping support and entrepreneur-facing guidance around business planning, marketing, patents, and funding pathways — verify which services are currently staffed versus member self-serve.
How To Use It
- Official website · https://makesaltlake.org
- Email info@makesaltlake.org and use the site's membership or tour flows
- Startup State listing: https://startup.utah.gov/business-resource/make-salt-lake/
Cost
Membership pricing is rendered inside the site's application and was not machine-readable during verification. Confirm current tiers, training requirements, and 24/7 access rules on the live site before quoting fees.
Best Fits
Hardware and CPG founders who need affordable shared-shop access in Salt Lake City to build prototypes before committing to dedicated manufacturing space.
Evidence
- Startup State Resource Filter
- Startup State Resource List source note · https://startup.utah.gov/resources/
- Official website · https://makesaltlake.org
Open Questions
- What are current membership tiers, tool-certification requirements, and monthly rates?
- Which entrepreneur-support services (patent, funding, marketing) are actively staffed today?