{"id":47953,"date":"2025-12-02T15:25:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/?p=47953"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:25:59","slug":"doug-auer-of-delmar-maker-district-third-degree-glass-is-the-podcast-guest-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/podcasts\/doug-auer-of-delmar-maker-district-third-degree-glass-is-the-podcast-guest-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Auer of Delmar Maker District & Third Degree Glass is the podcast guest this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On this week\u2019s episode of\u00a0The Sauce<\/em>, host Lauren Healey sits down with\u00a0Doug Auer, co-founder of\u00a0Third Degree Glass Factory\u00a0and the developer behind the\u00a0Delmar Maker District<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 one of St. Louis\u2019 most creative, collaborative and fast-growing corridors. Make sure you check out our feature from the November issue<\/a> about how the Delmar Maker District is bouncing back after the May 2025 tornado tore through the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug shares how Third Degree Glass began 23 years ago with a simple goal (a place to blow glass and teach workshops) and how it grew into the anchor of an entire makerspace ecosystem. He also talks through the evolution of the Maker District, the restaurant boom, and the community resilience that has shaped the neighborhood through floods, tornado damage and rapid redevelopment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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