The Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Initiative
Strengthening regional connections, growing regional manufacturingWith its position at the epicenter of technology, design, and innovation, the Bay Area has the potential to shape the future of manufacturing. We must work together to ensure that our region seizes this opportunity to retain and create middle-class jobs for a more equitable Bay Area.
Join us. Be part of the resurgent Bay Area manufacturing economy.
BAY AREA URBAN
MANUFACTURING SUMMIT
November 9, 2017: 11:30-1:30 pm
The 2017 Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Summit was the culmination of the year’s work highlighting the strength, diversity, and versatility of manufacturing in the Bay Area. This year the Summit took place in West Oakland and drew more than 400 regional leaders and featured Assemblymember Rob Bonta, Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland and speakers from Local Brewing, Impossible Foods, and Hodo Soy.
The Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Summit provides a unique opportunity for you to partner in this growing regional collaboration to advance the number of middle-income jobs and create a more equitable and diverse regional economy.
ABOUT THE INITIATIVE
Launched at the 2016 Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Summit, the Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Initiative (BAUM) is a three-year project to facilitate the creation of a well-defined and interconnected regional manufacturing ecosystem.
The 28 Bay Area partners include: Alameda, Antioch, Berkeley, Brentwood, Concord, Contra Costa County, Emeryville, Fairfield, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Newark, Oakland, Oakley, Petaluma, Pittsburg, Pleasanton, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, South San Francisco, Union City, Vacaville, and Vallejo.
2017 BAUM Summit Press
The Mercury News: Bay Area Manufacturing Poised for a Bright Future, Experts Say
Industry Week: Urban Manufacturing Grows in the Bay Area
2017 BAUM Summit Sponsors
MANUFACTURING TOOLKITS FOR CITIES
Manufacturing is an important part of a vibrant community, bringing innovation, creativity, and stability to cities and creating onramps to work for people from a variety of backgrounds and skills. Through efforts like those described in these two toolkits, cities can enrich the soil of the Bay Area and encourage manufacturing to grow.
These toolkits are how-to-guides. They are meant to give city staff, policy makers, and partner organizations concrete tools and strategies to support manufacturers on two topics. The first toolkit covers Manufacturing Promotion and Engagement and the strategies in it can be used to increase interest and excitement around manufacturing. The second focuses on Industrial Real Estate and the strategies strategies it describes can be used to grow industrial real estate, protect it, and keep places to make affordable.
Promotion Toolkit Links
MANUFACTURING PROMOTION AND ENGAGEMENT TOOLKIT: Strategies to reach out to your manufacturers, workforce, and your community to sustain and grow your city’s manufacturing ecosystem.
Toolkit Links:
- Create a Manufacturing Liaison Position Within City Government
Case Studies:
Made in Baltimore: Baltimore, MD
Made in Baltimore program link
Economic Development Specialist — Industrial Sector: Hayward, CA
Other examples:
None
- Streamline Permitting and Regulatory Processes for Manufacturers
Case Studies:
Aspen Business Navigator: Aspen, CO (no longer live)
Manufacturing in Denver: Denver, CO
Fremont’s Open Counter: Fremont, CA
Other examples:
New York City Waterfront Navigator
- Partner with Manufacturing-Oriented Development and Advocacy Organizations
Case Studies:
Jane Addams Resource Corporation: Chicago, IL
Silicon Valley Manufacturing Roundtable: South Bay, CA
Other examples:
Association of Manufacturers Bay Area
- Actively Promote the Manufacturing Capacities of Your City
Case Studies:
How to Develop a Locally Made Brand Platform: San Francisco, CA
Other examples:
- Utilize Municipal and B2B Purchasing Power to Support Local Manufacturing
Case Studies:
Made in Oakland Design Expo: Oakland, CA
SF Biz Connect: San Francisco, CA
City Based Manufacturers or Businesses or Project Area Subcontractors Bid Incentive: Chicago, IL
Other examples:
Manufacturing bid incentives are common at the state level.
- Use City-Sponsored Retail to Connect to the Manufacturing Sector
Case Studies:
Made in Philadelphia Markets: Philadelphia, PA
Other examples:
SFMade Week-San Francisco City Hall Selling Event
- Bring the Public into Manufacturing Spaces
Case Studies:
St. Louis Makes: St. Louis, MO
2017 MFG Day Sonoma County: Sonoma County, CA
Other examples:
Oakland School District Youth Tours
Manufacturing Day Tour of Bay Area Circuits in Fremont
- Celebrate Manufacturing Neighborhoods
Case Studies:
Alameda Point and Spirits Alley: Alameda, CA
Other examples:
- Support Shared Manufacturing Workspaces
Case Studies:
The Maker Lab, Chicago Public Library: Chicago, IL
Other examples:
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Real Estate Toolkit Links
INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE TOOLKIT Strategies to preserve industrial space, grow and modernize building stock, and maintain affordability in your city’s industrial real estate.
Toolkit Links:
- Maintain an Inventory of Industrial Lands
Case Studies:
Hayward Industrial Technology and Innovation Corridor Baseline Profile: Hayward, CA
Philadelphia Industrial Land Use Atlas: Philadelphia, PA
- Utilize Zoning to Designate and Protect Industrial Areas
Case Studies:
The West Berkeley Plan: Berkeley, CA
Eastern Neighborhoods Plan: San Francisco, CA
False Creek Flats Master Plan: Vancouver, BC
- Enforce Existing Industrial Designations
Case Studies:
Code Enforcement Division, Planning Department: San Francisco, CA
Special Garment Center District: New York, NY
- Zone for Artisan Manufacturing
Case Studies:
Artisan Ordinance: Nashville, TN
Fabrication Zone: Somerville, MA
- Allow Other Commercial Uses to Cross-Subsidize New Industrial Construction
Case Studies:
Inclusionary PDR Zoning: San Francisco, CA
- Prioritize Infrastructure Improvements
Case Studies:
Lit San Leandro: San Leandro, CA
Warm Springs/South Fremont Community Plan: Fremont, CA
International Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Oakland, CA
- Incentivize Rehabilitation of Legacy Industrial Spaces
Case Studies:
Circle City Industrial Complex: Indianapolis, IN
- Designate City- or Other Publicly-Owned Property for Protected and Subsidized Manufacturing Space
Case Studies:
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Brooklyn, NY
Philadelphia’s Keystone Opportunity Zone: Philadelphia, PA
- Engage with Non-Profit Industrial Development Organizations
Case Studies:
Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center: Brooklyn, NY
DATA AND EDUCATION
The Initiative began with an effort to collect direct data from manufacturers in the four largest cities in the Bay Area: San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Fremont. The resultant 2016 Bay Area State of Urban Manufacturing report was the first coordinated regional effort to directly survey urban manufacturers on the topics of workforce, business practices, supply chain connections, real estate challenges, and most importantly, to uncover the opportunities for Bay Area cities to collaborate.
In the second year of the Initiative additional educational materials were created, particularly on the coming legalization of cannabis for adult use. The Initiative partnered with the Urban Manufacturing Alliance to create a webinar titled How to Balance Cannabis Production Within Your Industrial Community. The webinar featured Tyler Bump, a Senior Economic Planner for the City of Portland, and Jill Jennings Golich, Deputy Director of Community Planning and Development at the City and County of Denver and David Mendoza, a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Policy and Innovation at the Seattle Mayor’s Office.
Reports and Infographics:
Educational Resources:
PARTNER CITIES
Founding Corporate Partners
If you would like more information or are interested in participating in the Initiative please contact bayareamfg@sfmade.org
CONTACT
415-408-5605 x 6
bayareamfg@sfmade.org
SFMade
926 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
The Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Initiative is a project of SFMade.