Engineer buys Longmont building to house SVVSD robotics club

LONGMONT — Software engineer Terry Olkin of Niwot has purchased an industrial building in Longmont for $1,050,000 in cash to house the nonprofit Up-A-Creek Robotics club made up of high school students in the St. Vrain Valley School District.

Olkin, who recently sold his Boulder-based software firm Gridcraft Inc., said the main reason for buying the building was to provide a home for the club that has about 50 members and is growing. The nonprofit was formed in 2005 to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology…