MFG DAY RESOURCES
BAUM is committed to supporting Bay Area MFG Day activities by helping our partner communities create a strong MFG Day presence: both with our “Manufacturing the Dream” storytelling campaign and by providing support for creating community-based MFG Day events. Here are some resources to help BAUM Communities and others create successful MFG Day activities for your community.
REPORTS AND INFOGRAPHICS
The Initiative began with a the first coordinated effort to collect direct data from manufacturers in the four largest cities in the Bay Area: San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Fremont, 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 2017, we partnered with JLL to publish Bay Area Manufacturing is Here to Stay, an infographic that gives an overview of manufacturing in the entire nine-county Bay Area.
MANUFACTURING TOOLKITS FOR CITIES
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
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)
Succession Planning Webinar
Watch our Succession Planning webinar here.
Featuring Panelists:
— Chris Andersen – Assay CS
Chris is a business consultant and SFMade volunteer advisor. He has over 30 years of experience both as an entrepreneur who built six businesses – three of which were sold – and as an executive for many well-known American companies.
— Robin McRoskey Azevedo – McRoskey Mattress
Robin was the CEO of McRoskey Mattress, a 120 year old family mattress business in San Francisco, CA. They merged with another local mattress manufacturer in 2018.
— George Chittenden – Adams and Chittenden Scientific Glass
George was a founder and co-owner of Adams and Chittenden, a 25+ year old scientific glass manufacturer in Berkeley, CA. They became a co-op in 2019, with prior owners George and Tom Adams becoming part of the co-op.
— Gwen Wright – The Wright Consultants
Gwen is a small business consultant with decades of experience with businesses in various stages of development from start up to growth to planned exit. Over her career she has worked with over 2,000 businesses throughout the country
Real Estate Toolkit Links
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
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
The Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Initiative is committed to creating resources to help our members address pressing industrial-related activities in their communities.
Cannabis Production
In 2016 the Initiative collaborated with the Urban Manufacturing Alliance to create a webinar titled How to Balance Cannabis Production Within Your Industrial Community at the request of our partner cities. 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.
Opportunity Zones
In 2018, BAUM developed this webinar to help economic development practitioners understand how they and their communities can leverage Opportunity Zone Investment Funds to preserve and create affordable industrial space, and support the industrial businesses that call their areas home — while at the same time preserving the character of the neighborhoods and promoting inclusive development strategies. We heard from George Ashton, Managing Director of Strategic Investments at Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), and Kevin Wilson, Partner at Novogradac & Company.
CONTACT
415-408-5605 x 6
bayareamfg@sfmade.org
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San Francisco, CA 94107
The Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Initiative is a project of SFMade.