In 2017 Grey County purchased the Sydenham Elementary School as a Community Hub to stimulate economic development in Grey. Later in 2021 Robert Lovelace and David Trimbee, two former teachers, approached Grey County to establish a space where like minded people could share ideas and have access to equipment not readily accessible at home. A Makerspace.
Shortly there after, the County Economic Development department applied for and received a Federal Development Grant for high tech equipment to start a "community innovation fabrication lab", a space where community members, entrepreneurs and others could create and build on their unique thoughts and projects.
