The Made in Old Town project looks to leverage 3D printing to bring shoe and apparel manufacturing back to the US. As American industry fled to overseas locales in the chase for cheaper labor, it left communities like Portland, Oregon’s Old Town neighborhood struggling for survival. The oldest neighborhood in Portland, Old Town saw rising crime and homelessness but a reset in 2021 and a plan to revitalize the neighborhood is taking shape—and its focused around manufacturing.
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