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Clinton recognizes Urban Manufacturing Alliance

With support for local manufacturing gaining momentum across the country, SFMade’s executive director Kate Sofis (pictured left) was a key participant at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America conference in Chicago this week, where she announced the launch of the Urban Manufacturing Alliance, an initiative to form a national network of regional manufacturing efforts across major US cities, beginning with San Francisco and New York City.

With support for local manufacturing gaining momentum across the country, SFMade’s executive director Kate Sofis was a key participant at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America conference in Chicago this week, where she announced the launch of the Urban Manufacturing Alliance, an initiative to form a national network of regional manufacturing efforts across major US cities, beginning with San Francisco and New York City. Kate Sofis, along with Alliance co-founder Adam Friedman of the Pratt Center for Community Development in New York, was one of a select group of individuals honored onstage by President Bill Clinton for their leadership in offering a new model for local economic development and job creation. Watch the video...