In partnership with Make Media, Institute for the Future, Urban Manufacturing Alliance, and the Kauffman Foundation, we are documenting Maker City examples and possibilities. We wish to open source the many civic initiatives underway and provide information to replicate, adapt, and learn from them.


Since the first ever White House Maker Faire in 2014, over 100 Mayors across the United States have committed to bolster Making in their communities. Powered by the maker movement and toolsets that democratize the entire process of physical creation and manufacturing, new modes of production and supply chains are returning to American cities.

The development of the Maker City Playbook will document Maker culture in cities to bring national focus to the story of civic and economic reinvention taking place in America.