The Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Initiative

Strengthening regional connections, growing regional manufacturing

With 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.

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BAY AREA URBAN
MANUFACTURING SUMMIT

The 2017 Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Summit is the culmination of the year’s work highlighting the strength, diversity, and versatility of manufacturing in the Bay Area. Last year’s inaugural Summit drew more than 450 regional leaders and featured the Mayors and Vice-Mayors of San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Fremont as well as leading Bay Area manufacturing companies.

This year, the Summit will take place over a gourmet lunch at a historic West Oakland manufacturing facility in early November.

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.

Secure your table today and support manufacturing throughout the Bay Area. Contact Linda Becker for details at linda@sfmade.org or 415-408-5605.

2016 BAUM Summit Press

4 Bay Area mayors create summit designed to grow local manufacturing – ABC 7
Bay Area Mayors Pushing New Manufacturing Initiative – Mercury News
Four Bay Area cities, SFMade join forces to save manufacturing – San Francisco Business Times
製造業大有可為灣區四市聯手拓展 – Sing Tao Daily
Four Bay Area Cities Want More Manufacturing – Bisnow
Four Bay Area Cities to Collaborate to Enhance Regional Manufacturing Ecosystem – Business Wire
Four Bay Area Cities to Collaborate to Enhance Regional Manufacturing Ecosystem – The Registry

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 more than 25 Bay Area partner cities include: Alameda, Antioch, Berkeley, Concord, Emeryville, Fairfield, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Newark, Oakland, Oakley, Petaluma, Pittsburg, Pleasanton, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Union City, Vacaville, and Vallejo.

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 inaugural 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.

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