If you have an interest in restoring industry and manufacturing in the United States, you may find the work at "Industrial Ribbon" to be of interest.
A group of engineers, social professionals, artists and philosophers are banding together in Philadelphia to explore issues surrounding redevelopment of the city, which is in dire need of economic stimulus.
The group expects to borrow heavily from Chris Alexander's earlier work in pattern communities and especially the pattern of integrated industrial and residence neighborhoods called 'industrial ribbons'. Hence, the name of the group and blog.
Philadelphia has an incredible inventory of vacant factory buildings with adjoining neighborhoods, hundreds of miles of rail access, an underused port system and a skilled workforce- all begging to be put back to work.
Many project developers in our area could easily advance such a concept within a community but most fall sadly short in addressing the social dynamics of the neighborhood which is left behind. These future factories and jobs will need to be operated in a new manner to be successful and I strongly urge you to become of aware of the work in the 'lean' manufacturing world in general and the Toyota Production System (TPS) in particular.
You can learn more about lean and TPS at Mark Graban's "Lean blog".
Hope to see you there.
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