Made in NYC

By working locally, we are RESTORing jobs. According to the NYIRN (New York Industrial Retention Network), for every manufacturing job created 1.7 jobs are created in other sectors.

Based on numbers from Civic Economics, an estimated .68 of every dollar spent at a locally owned business stays in the community, while only .43 stays when spent at a chain.  BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) 

 “There is no other Garment Center in the world like ours. The Garment Center is the soul of Midtown NEW YORK CITY and the backbone of the NYC fashion industry”  -STGC

Our Favorite list of (mostly) NYC resources

Please Take Action – Most rules and regulations are formed due to public outcry.
SAVE THE GARMENT CENTER


For Planning / Advocacy
Pratt Center for Community Development
DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE
MAS
MADE IN MIDTOWN

For Industrial Assistance/Advocacy
MADE IN NYC
NYIRN (New York Industrial Retention Network)
ITAC

Garment Related
Garment Industry Development Corporation
Fashion Center BID
Tours of the Garment Center Mike’s NYC Tours

Sustainability
ECO WORKING GROUP – OUTDOOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Sustainable Apparel Coalition
National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers
The Enterprise Center of the Fashion Institute of Technology for continuing ed


Fabric Sourcing/Info
Textile Exchange
GOTS – Global Organic Textile Standard
TEX WORLD USA
Source 4 Style


Favorite Reading on Textiles
Eco Textile News (UK)
Textile Insight
Apparel Magazine


Preferred Yarn Suppliers
Buhler
Lenzing
Repreve


For Business Assistance
FAST TRACK
JumpstartNYC
The Science and Business Library
The Small Business Development Center
New York Entrepreneur Week
Nolcha
Afingo



Photo Credit: Rebecca Zilenziger

Dancer: Tadej Brdnik