NMIA News & Resources

Made in Place: Small-Scale Manufacturing and Neighborhood Revitalization

By Smart Growth America

Technological and economic changes have created new opportunities in small-scale manufacturing and the "maker" economy, presenting a chance for communities to make progress on several important economic development issues.

Read the full report here.

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Opportunity in Access: Exploring the Future of North Milwaukie Jobs Center

By Guadalupe Triana, reporting from Milwaukie

At first glance, North Milwaukie looks just like any other industrial district. Large gray warehouses cover much the neighborhood while loud, heavy semi-trucks roar down wide McLoughlin Boulevard and nearby streets.

Soon that could change.

Read Metro’s complete story about the North Milwaukie Industrial Area Plan here.

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Portland's Popular, Growing Maker Space Fills DIY Niche

ADX (Art Design Portland) is a maker space, learning center and custom fabrication shop in Southeast Portland. The business offers a model for re-thinking industrial and manufacturing spaces.

The Oregonian featured a story about ADX that you can read here.

Learn more about ADX here.

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Metro Grant will help fund North Milwaukie Industrial Area Plan

Metro Councilor Carlotta Collette presented Clackamas County Commissioners and representatives from the City of Milwaukie with a check for $250,000 to help fund the North Milwaukie Industrial Area Plan.

The goal of the North Milwaukie Industrial Area Plan is to produce creative development strategies for the North Milwaukie Industrial Area in order to enhance economic opportunities and spur job creation and investment.

Read the full press release here.

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The Maker Movement and Urban Economic Development

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Laura Wold-Powers, Marc Doussard, Greg Schrock, Charley Heying, Max Eisenburger & Stephen Marotta (2017) The Maker Movement and Urban Economic Development, Journal of the American Planning association, 83:4, 365-376, DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2017.1360787