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urban manufacturing

Farm to Bakery

Keywords: 
statewide
urban manufacturing
locally-made food
local manufacturing
small businesses

This report summarizes a local food pilot project undertaken by Pratt Center for Community Development and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM).  Farm to Bakery sought to capitalize on the demand for quality locally-grown grains and flour by both New York City...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Document: 
farmtobakeryfinalreport.pdf

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) - Manufacturing Opportunity Analysis

Keywords: 
locally-made food
green jobs
Brooklyn
local manufacturing
urban manufacturing
community development corporations
job creation

As part of CHLDC's current Brownfield Opportunity Area project, Pratt Center analyzed the potential to sustain, expand, connect and "green" manufacturing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.  Pratt's primary recommendation was to capitalize on local food production by building a...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Document: 
chldc_moa_final_report.pdf

Industrial Revenue Policy Bond program - a policy brief produced by the Urban Manufacturing Alliance

Keywords: 
urban manufacturing
nationwide
small businesses
job creation

This Urban Manufacturing Alliance policy brief takes an in-depth look at the Industrial Revenue Bond (IRB) Program, a federal financing tool designed to provide qualified manufacturing projects with access to tax-exempt financing. Because of restrictive and somewhat outdated program...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Document: 
uma_irb_policy_brief_final.pdf

Protecting New York's Threatened Manufacturing Space

Keywords: 
zoning
citywide
local manufacturing
urban manufacturing

This document presents ways to protect the city's manufacturing space. New York City is known for its world service of financial and media organizations. However, the city also depends on its own manufacturers to produce goods. And though demand for NYC goods are still high, manufacturing...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Friday, August 8, 2008
Document: 
threatened_manufacturing.pdf

Urban Manufacturing Alliance - First Report Out

Keywords: 
urban manufacturing
nationwide
job creation
land use
zoning
small businesses

This document provides an overview of the first meeting of the Urban Manufacturing Alliance (UMA),  a national collaborative of non-profit, for-profit and governmental stakeholders working together to grow urban manufacturing, create living wage jobs and catalyze sustainable local...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Document: 
uma_report.pdf

The Future of Fashion

Keywords: 
Manhattan
local manufacturing
local retail
zoning
urban manufacturing

This issue brief presents the results of a study that examined the entrepreneurial potential created by the extraordinary cluster of fashion design schools and the fashion industry in New York City. The report is based off a November 2010 survey of over 200 fashion design students in NYC,...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Document: 
future_of_fashion_issue_brief_final_011112.pdf

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