Carver Technology Center
Carver built a technology center on the second floor of the community center in 2017, replete with 32 computers — 24 PCs and eight iMacs. There is a 3D printer and scanner, among many other features and technology tools in the room.
The new Charlotte Naomi Horblit Technology Center is named for its benefactor, who died in late 2014 at the age of 91. Horblit bequeathed $472,000 to the Carver Center. Other companies pitched in to help fund a total of $500,000.
Horblit was from Newton, Mass., but her nephew, Mark Feinberg, was born and raised in Norwalk. He now lives in Massachusetts but Carver remains a philanthropic priority for him.
Illustrations behind these students from famed Westport artist, writer, and civil rights activist Tracy Sugarman line the walls. Click here to learn more.
Feinberg knew the former Carver Executive Director, Richard Fuller. When Feinberg was in ninth grade, Fuller was a Norwalk science teacher and the football coach. Fuller led the team to be undefeated, and Feinberg was involved with that championship and got a summer job as a camp counselor at the Carver Community Center, where he taught natural science. Feinberg ultimately graduated from St. Luke’s School in New Canaan
The tech center is used throughout each day. Students and adults can also use the community technology center on a BYOD (bring your own personal device) basis, allowing them to work independently with their own computers or tablets, but powered by the collective technological assets that exist in the room.