video: Portland Made: Krown Lab

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Kelley Roy, GoLocalPDX Contributor

This week, we are featuring one of the many companies that have been driven out of the Central Eastside Industrial District in the past year, Krown Lab. The following video talks not only to owner Stefan Andre, but one of his local vendors Janwell Machining & Hardware.

Together they show the importance of our incredible maker ecosystem in Portland. Our makers are bringing manufacturing back to the US and specifically back to Portland. Consumers are demanding more locally made products, and Portland Makers are stepping up to the challenge.

But we need affordable warehouse space in the Central Eastside and other industrial districts in the city. Converting our valuable warehouses to creative office is a huge misstep and we need to redirect the conversation to growing our Maker Movement and creating more affordable industrial space in the Central Eastside.

Makers and manufacturers in the Central Eastside create a vast network of support for each other. Their close proximity to each other means more business to business transactions (good for our economy), fewer vehicle miles traveled for employee and delivery trips (good for our environment), and more middle class jobs in the heart of our city (good for social equity).

Anyone can join the Maker Movement by subscribing to Portland Made.

If you are a Maker, then join the Collective.

If you are in the Central Eastside, join this upcoming meeting on July 23rd.

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Portland Made is a digital storytelling platform and advocacy center for Portland's Maker Movement. We do 2 features a month on Portland Makers; connect makers with more local, national and international markets; connect makers with local professional and manufacturing resources; advocate for makers with politicians at all levels of government; work with PSU on an annual survey that captures the economic power of the Maker Movement; help makers find real estate; and promote Portland makers with local and national media.

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