Vision & Mission

The vision of the North Bay Made Project is a vibrant economy in the six-county North Bay region - Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, Napa, Solano, and Marin - a vital region rich with local producers and manufacturers creating delicious, useful, and beautiful products. 

The mission of the North Bay Made Project is to serve and grow local businesses and further economic localization within our region.

Research shows that local production has the highest economic benefit to a community over time,  increasing financial stability and resilience, and creating better jobs.  North Bay Made builds upon the region’s growing desire to ‘support local’ and to increase the number of essential goods and services that are made and sold in the region. By increasing regional awareness and coordination in the six North Bay counties, we can expand local production and sales to become one of the healthiest regional economies in the United States.

Phased Plan

Phase 1 Goals - Establish the brand and partnership program

• Launch a regionally recognized brand of excellence, signifying quality and integrity of products made in the six-county region. This visually strong and beautiful branding will help people identify products made in their county as well as regionally-made in the surrounding counties. This  imagery will also proudly represent our region into all corners of the world.   
  
• Identify retailers, producers, makers and manufacturers and seek their participation.
  
• Partner with "affiliate" entities in each County to help administer the program.

Phase 2 Goals - Develop and deepen the ‘Local Broker’ sourcing system for the region.

• Develop business-to-business networks that keep more of our economic and natural resources in-region.
  
  

Phase 3 Goals - Development of a Regional Economy Incubator Seed Fund.  

• Use project revenue to support the incubation of business growth and new production opportunities within each county.  This will ultimately result in an increase in regional production and a reduction of imported products. 
  
  

This is a project of Local Works and Share Exchange in collaboration with many local community organizations.  For more information call 707-331-6850.