Resources
Game store but includes painting supplies for models.
The Pro Se Assistance Program provides outreach and education to applicants (also known as "pro se" applicants) who file patent applications without the assistance of a registered patent attorney or agent. USPTO employees cannot give legal advice. However, through increased assistance and resources for independent inventor and small business communities, the program aims to increase the quality of pro se applications and assist pro se applicants with making informed decisions regarding their patent applications.
Connecticut Plywood is a distributor for interior building materials serving the woodworker/cabinetmaker trade since 1956. We specialize in hardwood plywood, engineered woods, MDF panels, butcher block, decorative laminate, 32mm hardware, decorative hardware and more.
Sometimes we coordinate bulk deliveries to MakeHaven
1 Million Cups fosters entrepreneurship and helps support an economy that works for everyone.
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At New England ReUse, we are dedicated to providing the best quality materials for the lowest price, while preventing usable materials from entering the waste stream.
Prices are all negotiable.
There is a football fields worth of reclaimed lumber, as well as furniture, antique pieces, kitchen/bathroom fixtures, panes of glass and more. A real mystery treasure trove of supplies.
An initiative to give support (grants and connections) to minority and women run small businesses.
Bank of America works with Community Lenders, also known as a Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). These local lenders provide credit and financial services to underserved markets and populations, including women, to encourage and enhance economic growth and development. Our partnership program connects women entrepreneurs with local Community Lenders, who directly provide affordable loans to eligible women entrepreneurs.
The NCCC Entrepreneurial Center’s Vision & Goals
Vision: To serve as a central hub for entrepreneurship in our community, working to empower anyone with a desire to create, from startups focused on global benevolent world domination to micro-companies serving the local community.
The chemistry side of ceramics. Why does clay/glaze behave the way they do. It has an extensive glossary for learning.
CeramicArtsNetwork.org is an online community serving active potters and ceramic artists worldwide, as well as those who are interested in finding out more about this craft. CeramicArtsNetwork.org provides a wide array of tools for learning about and improving skills in the ceramic arts, and a place for artists to share ideas and perspectives about how their art and life interact to shape each other.
The organization is a certified Community Development Financial Institution, a U.S. Small Business Administration Microloan lender, as well as an administrator of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving’s Nonprofit Support Program.
The Community Economic Development Fund or CEDF is a mission-driven, nonprofit, Connecticut economic development organization. We provide business loans in disadvantaged communities defined by the state. In other Connecticut municipalities we lend to business borrowers with household incomes below the state median.
The Foundation is a 501c3. Our mission is to provide effective resources for Educators and Entrepreneurs.
The Lab at ConnCORP (Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program) is a learning and knowledge center—a laboratory for new ideas—a community hub and place to present, share, and exchange ideas about business ownership and entrepreneurship.
A free 16-week mentorship & training cohort for BIPOC-owned businesses in Connecticut.
Startup Grind New Haven is dedicated to helping to build a community where local founders, business people, and students can support and teach one another. We look to bring in speakers who want to tell the personal and professional story of how they got where they are today.
The SBRC is the “City’s leading Entrepreneurship Clearinghouse” where new entrepreneurs and current business owners alike can obtain support and services that will support business start-ups and growth.
For more than 65 years, we’ve provided businesses with the loans and support needed to aim higher.
The BBA’s goal is to act as a business One-Stop organization for Black and minority businesses with an objective
to stimulate economic growth and sustainability through out Connecticut and across the nation.
Spanish American Merchants Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Connecticut to serve as a vehicle for the economic growth of businesses. SAMA was created to assist business people, in particular, Latinos, to acquire a better understanding of economic principles. Technical assistance is provided to promote business expansion, job creation, and new entrepreneurship.
catalyze growth in technology and entrepreneurship in Connecticut’s urban centers.
An accelerator program for small business, non-profit, and for-profit support programs serving Connecticut entrepreneurs. Programs include a 10 week entrepreneur support program and 30 minute business advice sessions. Other programs include a youth accelerator, food accelerator and pre-accelerator programs.
Office hours are is good way to get quick advice .
Co-working community
Club devoted to preserving traditional wooden boat-building knowledge and techniques. They build and maintain a number of small traditional craft. Many members also volunteer at Mystic Seaport, helping to maintain their small boat fleet. No experience with boats or boat-building needed, just an interest in our maritime heritage.
Sellers of green (unroasted) coffee beans, roasters, and other coffee-making equipment.
This is really an online resource, not a retail store. But all beans are packed at the Branford Willoughby's location and may be picked up there, no shipping charges.
NewHaven.io is a group of talented and passionate individuals living, working, and creating in the New Haven area. We aspire to…
- organize events around business and technology
- unite like-minded individuals in the area
- foster a culture of creation and experimentation
- create a stronger tech and startup minded community in New Haven
- partner with other organizations to achieve these goals
Excellent resource for info on computer programming and electronics. In-person lectures restarting soon.
Non-profit art and craft school offering classes for adults and children. Ceramics, fiber, leather, painting, drawing, metalworking, etc.
They have a forge and plenty of blacksmithing classes.
Guided path in this beginner video course as we design 7 models that will introduce just the essential tools and techniques to quickly get you creating your own models.
Makerspace in Meriden, CT. Offers a collaborative environment for people of all kinds to come together and build things.
Spark Makerspace was founded in 2015 by a group of artists, techies, and entrepreneurs, all of them makers, looking to support creativity by providing urban dwellers and the region with resources they did not have at home.
Large makerspace. Community Workshop & Skills Development Center in Hartford, Connecticut
Series of classes to help small business owners feel confident about unleashing their earning potential.
WBCs provide free, to low-cost counseling and training and focus on women who want to start, grow, and expand their small business.
Women’s Business Development Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing the tools and resources to help women thrive in business. We believe that when desire, education, and preparation come together, opportunities are created, ideas are ignited, and economies are expanded.
Connecticut Small Business Development Center’s trained and experienced full-time advisors work with a variety of small businesses in all industries and stages of development by providing no-cost advisory services. How can we help you today?
Agency of State of CT which works to create more economic development, innovation and foster startups in CT. They have a number of programs to support the growth of small businesses
A variety of resources and coaching services aimed at small businesses.
Legal firm
Software for creating CNC designs
Professional CAD design software
Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.
New Haven Free Public Library card holders can get a free membership at: https://www.linkedin.com/learning-login/go/nhfpl
Parking garage near MakeHaven
Pizza place. Close and open late.
The Glass Source and refocused the business to concentrating on classes, retail and residential custom designs.
Grocery and prepared meals
Bike shop
Clay studio with guideded projects
Barcade® is the Original Arcade Bar: a combination bar and arcade with a focus on classic arcade games and American craft beer.
Mailing and Billing Address
Parkerville Wood Products, Inc.
580 Parker Street, Manchester, CT, 06042
Parkerville Wood Products GPS Address
22 Mitchell Road, Manchester, CT, 06042
Phone and Fax Contact Information
Phone: 860-649-9663 Fax: 860-432-1211
-They have a lot (50+ species) of wood, domestic and exotic, slabs, boards, burls, plywood, etc. They can dress/cut the wood however you like. If a bunch of people want to put in an order, they can deliver too.
Pat Carroll,
Millwork and Customer Service, Ext. 212
Is a member and staff and MakerspaceCT in Hartford, he's very maker friendly.
-They are also a commercial woodshop, and will help anyone at any point of a project. So if you'd like to get a project run through a massive wide belt sander, planer, or CNC, or get finished in their spray room, they can do it.
Supplier and fabricator of all things metal. You can order all shapes and sizes of metal and even have them cut to size or fabricated into various shapes to order.
Metal by the pound
The bargain barn has good deals, but it is left overs so you can not count on the same stock to be there every time. Hit or miss off cuts and lots of metal cuts for welding and fabrication. There's a location in Torrington I've not been to, not sure if there's a bargain barn in Torrington.
CAW is an educational and cultural center devoted to fostering creativity through participation in and appreciation of the visual arts.
The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families.
Great programming for young people. They also have big CNC which can be used for a project with special arrangement.
A store with all things plastic.