Talking Headways Podcast: The Return of Urban Manufacturing
Kate Sofis, CEO of SFMade, joins us to talk about goods being manufactured in cities like San Francisco, zoning codes, and how cities have changed the narrative on manufacturing in urban locales.
By
Jeff Wood
12:28 PM PST on November 8, 2018
This week on the podcast, Kate Sofis, CEO of SFMade, joins us to talk about the resurgence in urban manufacturing. We talk about what types of goods are manufactured in cities like San Francisco, the zoning codes that allow manufacturing to thrive in strong housing markets, and how cities have changed the narrative on manufacturing in more urban locales.
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