Build, RVA is a makerspace community providing low-cost access to tools, resources and knowledge. For existing and aspiring entrepreneurs, creators, makers, & inventors seeking tools and knowledge to advance their passions; Build provides access to a community of science-based innovators & artists, and an ecosystem of tools within which ideas become reality.

Build, RVA is owned and operated by The Build Forward Foundation, a 501c(3) non-profit organization focused on individual entrepreneurship, hands-on STEM training and experimentation, manufacturing, innovation, and supporting the community's productive efforts with physical space, tools, and knowledge resources.

The Build Forward Foundation Board of Directors:
Seth Estep, President
Kirk Bonner
Alex Casas
Matt Converse
Bruce "Doc" Davies, Ph.D.
Jonathan Frey, P.E.
Sam Rugg
Josh Stolberg