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Past Events

Circular Solutions for Flexible Product Fabrication
Jan 22
2025

Virtual

Circular Solutions for Flexible Product Fabrication Showcase Series

UMA's 2024 Regional Convening: Detroit
Jun 4
2024

Detroit, Michigan

UMA’s 2024 Regional Convening: Detroit

UMA's 2023 Gathering: Baltimore
Oct 10 - Oct 12
2023

Baltimore, Maryland

UMA’s 2023 Gathering: Baltimore

Manufacturing Resilience: Ecosystem Strategies for Building Community
Nov 1 - Nov 3
2022

Houston, Texas

Manufacturing Resilience: Ecosystem Strategies for Building Community

Detroit Design Jam 2021 Report
Sep 9 - Sep 10
2021

Detroit, MI

Detroit Design Jam 2021 Report

Manufacturing’s Emerging Partners: Faith-Informed Organizations Supporting Employment and Entrepreneurship
Jun 17
2021

Manufacturing’s Emerging Partners: Faith-Informed Organizations Supporting Employment and Entrepreneurship

Centering Equity in Our Federal Strategy for Urban Manufacturing
Jun 16
2021

Centering Equity in Our Federal Strategy for Urban Manufacturing

Partnership and Relationship Innovation to Build Race-Conscious Advanced Manufacturing Training Programs
Mar 22
2021

Partnership and Relationship Innovation to Build Race-Conscious Advanced Manufacturing Training Programs

The final webinar for the Urban Manufacturing Alliance and The Century Foundation’s Industry & Inclusion cohort program

 

Virtual Design Jams 2020 - Detroit and NYC
Mar 1
2021

Virtual Design Jam 2020 Report

New York and Detroit

 

 

Private Sector Guarantees and Guarantee Pools
Feb 11
2021

Private Sector Guarantees and Guarantee Pools

Pathways to Patient Capital Fireside Chat

How Employers Can Train, Hire, and Retain Formerly Incarcerated Talent
Feb 9
2021

How Employers Can Train, Hire, and Retain Formerly Incarcerated Talent

A conversation hosted by UMA and What’s Next Washington about ways to remove barriers, create training programs, and write policies that help connect people with conviction histories to manufacturing jobs

Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Manufacturing Credentialing and Technology
Dec 15
2020

Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Manufacturing Credentialing and Technology

Pathways Fireside Chat: Nontraditional Underwriting Standards
Dec 8
2021

Pathways Fireside Chat: Nontraditional Underwriting Standards

Integrating Self-Storage Development Without Displacing Industrial Uses in Urban Areas: Lessons from San Francisco, New York City, and Miami
Dec 1
2020

Integrating Self-Storage Development Without Displacing Industrial Uses in Urban Areas

Lessons from San Francisco, New York City, and Miami

Creating the future manufacturing workforce by enhancing diversity and addressing the skills shortage
Nov 18
2020

Creating the Future Manufacturing Workforce by Enhancing Diversity and Addressing the Skills Shortage

Industry & Inclusion Q3 Webinar Takeaways

Supporting the Ecosystem Builders Who Support Small Businesses: Why Their Resiliency is Key to Economic Recovery 
Oct 30
2020

Supporting the Ecosystem Builders Who Support Small Businesses: Why Their Resiliency is Key to Economic Recovery

A  Panel Discussion Hosted by UMA and ICIC

 

 

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Every Level of Manufacturing
Oct 26
2020

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Every Level of Manufacturing

Explicitly Centering Racial Equity in your Workforce Training Organization
Sep 30
2020

Explicitly Centering Racial Equity in your Workforce Training Organization

A Webinar by UMA and The Century Foundation

Frontline Economic Development Responders: How Community-Based Lenders Can Preserve Neighborhood Manufacturing Businesses
Sep 22
2020

Frontline Economic Development Responders: How Community-Based Lenders Can Preserve Neighborhood Manufacturing Businesses 

A Panel Discussion between LISC and the Urban Manufacturing Alliance

Pursuing Equity, Inclusion, and Industrial Rebirth in the Age of COVID-19
Jun 25
2020

Pursuing Equity, Inclusion, and Industrial Rebirth in the Age of COVID-19

A project by UMA and The Century Foundation

Creating & Preserving Urban Industrial Space
Jun 18
2020

Creating & Preserving Urban Industrial Space: Policy Toolkit Release & Discussion

A project by UMA and the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development

Exit and Succession Planning Strategies to Preserve Equity
Jun 5
2020

Exit and Succession Planning Strategies to Preserve Equity

UMA 2020 National Gathering
May 27 - May 29
2020

Buffalo, NY

POSTPONED: UMA 2020 National Gathering

The People Power Behind Urban Manufacturing: Providing Positive Neighborhood Transformation

Pathways to Scale and Impact Webinar/Discussion
May 27
2020

Pathways to Scale and Impact Discussion

 

Forging Fairness COVID Discussion
May 20
2020

Forging Fairness: COVID Response Panel Discussion

A project of UMA’s Pathways to Patient Capital Program

Whole-Entrepreneur Capital Readiness - Pathways to Patient Capital
Apr 20
2020

Whole-Entrepreneur Capital Readiness Webinar

A project of UMA’s Pathways to Patient Capital Program

Transforming Communities through Mission-Driven Industrial Development
Dec 3
2019

Pittsburgh, PA

Transforming Communities: Mission-Driven Industrial Development

Join us for a convening of  practitioners working to anchor manufacturing economies.
UMA 2019 Milwaukee Gathering
Jun 5 - Jun 7
2019

Milwaukee, WI

UMA 2019 Milwaukee Gathering

Building New Narratives for Manufacturing

Design Jam | Cincinnati
Feb 27
2019

Cincinnati, OH

Design Jam | Cincinnati

A one-of-a-kind workshop that bridges the gap between local manufacturing and design

UMA 2018 Pittsburgh Gathering
Sep 26 - Sep 28
2018

Pittsburgh, PA

UMA 2018 Pittsburgh Gathering

Building Coalitions to Create Equitable Manufacturing Ecosystems

The Re-Urbanization of Manufacturing
Aug 9
2018

Reuse, Recycle, Rejuvenate

The Re-Urbanization of Manufacturing

How Land Use Tools and Real Estate Strategies Are Fueling the Resurgence of Light Manufacturing
May 3
2018

Lessons from Massachusetts

How Land Use Tools and Real Estate Strategies Are Fueling the Resurgence of Light Manufacturing

How Retailers Can Support the Local Manufacturing Economy
Mar 29
2018

Lessons from Akron and Seattle

How Retailers Can Support the Local Manufacturing Economy

Scaling for Success - Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses Program
Feb 20
2018

Scaling for Success

Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses Program

UMA's 2017 Seattle Gathering
Oct 4
2017

Seattle, WA

UMA’s 2017 Seattle Gathering

Localism as an Engine for Production Economies

How to Balance Cannabis Production
Aug 2
2017

How to Balance Cannabis Production Within Your Industrial Community

Ensuring cities can intentionally allocate space for cannabis producers and maintain affordable manufacturing space

Making Maker Spaces Work
Jul 14
2017

Lessons from Sacramento

Making Maker Spaces Work for Young People

UMA's 2017 Somerville Gathering
May 17 - May 19
2017

Somerville, MA

UMA’s 2017 Somerville Gathering

Making, Scaling, and Inclusion

Scaling Small-Batch Food Production in Cities
Apr 18
2017

Lessons from Boston, New York City, Washington, DC

Scaling Small-Batch Food Production in Cities

Community College Partnerships to Create Workforce Pipelines
Apr 13
2017

Lessons from Denver and San Bruno

Community College Partnerships to Create Workforce Pipelines

Building Apprenticeship Programs to Engage Youth in Manufacturing Careers
Mar 7
2017

Lessons from Cincinnati, Montreal, San Francisco

Building Apprenticeship Programs to Engage Youth in Manufacturing Careers

Advancing Inclusive Entrepreneurship
Jan 25
2017

Lessons from Portland and Cincinnati

Advancing Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Business Growth in Urban Manufacturing

How to Retain Maker and Manufacturer Industries through Creative Zoning Tools
Dec 8
2016

Lessons from Indianapolis, Somerville, Nashville

How to Retain Maker and Manufacturer Industries through Creative Zoning Tools

Strategic Partnerships to Connect Youth to the Trades
Dec 1
2016

Lessons from Detroit

Strategic Partnerships to Connect Youth to the Trades

Building Partnerships with Local Government
Jun 16
2016

Lessons from New York City & DC

Building Partnerships with Local Government

Equity and Inclusion in Urban Manufacturing
May 10
2016

Equity and Inclusion in Urban Manufacturing

A framework for advancing racial, economic, and social equity

Organizational Structures for Local Branding Platforms
Apr 20
2016

Making the Model

Organizational Structures for Local Branding Platforms

A Tale of Non-Profit Development in Two Cities
Apr 12
2016

Lessons from Indianapolis and San Francisco

A Tale of Non-Profit Development in Two Cities

Breweries and Downtown Redevelopment
Apr 5
2016

Lessons from Cincinnati

Breweries and Downtown Redevelopment: A Case Study of Cincinnati’s Brewery District and Rhinegeist Brewery

Building Partnerships for Successful Workforce Development Programs
Aug 12
2015

Lessons from Chicago and Philadelphia

Building Partnerships for Successful Workforce Development Programs

How to Form a Strategic Alliance with a Manufacturing Extension Partnership
May 14
2015

Lessons from San Francisco

How to Form a Strategic Alliance with a Manufacturing Extension Partnership

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