Maker City

Maker City partners with cities, corporations, and nonprofits to encourage cities and towns to ready themselves for disruptive change and its effects on the future of work, living and play. We encourage localism to flourish by connecting business, community and local change agents looking to revitalize themselves economically, inclusively and sustainably. Much of our work is cross sector, cutting across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and includes working with cities in the U.S. and internationally. Partner organizations include the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Maker Media, McClatchy Corporation, SFMade, and others. We wrote the book! Maker City: A Practical Guide to Reinventing Our Cities The target audiences for Maker City are leaders/activists in business, education, and nonprofits, as well as city leaders responsible for making policy. You can purchase the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Maker-City-Practical-Reinventing-Cities/dp/1680452630 The book is based on interviews completed with 50 thought leaders and practitioners who work at the forefront of the Maker movement in around 20+ cities including: Brooklyn, New York Chattanooga, Tennessee Chicago, Illinois Cleveland, Ohio Detroit, Michigan Elyria, Ohio Fremont, California Ithaca, New York Kansas City, Missouri Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Los Angeles, California Louisville, Kentucky Macon, Georgia New York, New York Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Portland, Oregon Providence, Rhode Island Raleigh, North Carolina San Diego, California San Francisco, California Wenatchee, Washington Our goal is to provide practical examples and guidance that people can use to strengthen and build their own Maker Cities. To that end, we are working to take what we learned in writing the book and turn it into a set of ongoing programs that can be powerful tools for cities. Contact us if you have a project and would like us to be involved