We’re celebrating the launch of the first ever SFMade pop-up shop at Banana Republic’s flagship store on Grant Street in San Francisco. The pop-up shop will feature a variety of items designed by SFMade members from November 10 through December 26. Join us read more »

On Wednesday Mayor Ed Lee announced FashionSF, a new economic development initiative focused on supporting the retention and growth of apparel manufacturers and fashion designers in San Francisco. He made the announcement at SFMade member company, Cayson Culinary Designs headquarters. Read more read more »

Read “Manufacturing Moving to the Mission Promises Jobs” to learn more about legendary dinnerware and tile maker, Heath Ceramics moving into a new factory space in the Northeast Mission. http://missionlocal.org/2011/09/manufacturing-moving-to-the-mission-promises-jobs/ read more »

“Made in S.F.” looks at garment manufacturing in San Francisco, featuring several SFMade members including Nice Collective, Taylor Stitch, Betabrand, Department 17, Tellason, and National Apparel. The print version is beautiful but if you can’t pick up a copy, read it here: http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/made-sf read more »

Executive Director Kate Sofis weighed in on the manufacturing debate in “Can Manufacturing Fuel a U.S. Recovery?” on August 5th, 20011. read more »

Janet Lees, director of programs and communications, discusses using geographic branding to emphasize “pride of place” in this Q & A with Transworld Business. Article here . read more »

Check out what’s new with our local manufacturers! There’s so much going on with SFMade companies we can’t get it all in our newsletter. Here’s where you’ll find a monthly roundup of local happenings among our members- from new products, to read more »

Read “In California, Campaign for Clothes 100% Local“, published on July 7th, 2011. SFMade has a few talking points in this interesting article about the growing movement for locally made apparel. read more »

Watch the video! 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 read more »

Missed Ramp it Up!? We can’t recreate our fabulous party but we can offer you the chance to read Allison Arieff’s keynote speech. Allison Arieff is a former editor of Dwell magazine and the author of New York Time’s article “The future of read more »