The High Road Network is a coalition working to build a sustainable society based on advanced manufacturing and green technologies. This blog is a centralized place for discussion about our work and the issues that affect our vision.
The High Road Network believes that a truly sustainable society is socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable. Advanced manufacturing represents the clearest intersection of these three pillars. The industry creates concrete wealth for businesses; exciting, high-paying jobs to strengthen our communities; and technological innovation to help reverse environmental damage and keep our nation globally competitive.
Learn more about the High Road Network:
- Center for Labor & Community Research (CLCR) – the organization that conducted decades of in-depth research about manufacturing and started a movement to bring out the industry’s untapped potential
- Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council (CMRC) – a coalition of business, labor, government, education, and community leaders working to make Chicago the global leader in advanced manufacturing
- Center for Polytechnical Education (CPE) – a not-for-profit school operator that designs and operates innovative college- and career-prep schools that link students with exciting career paths aligned with industry needs
- Austin Polytechnical Academy (APA) – Chicago’s first and only manufacturing-focused high school, which features its own world-class machine shop, the Manufacturing Technology Center
- Chicago Academy for Advanced Technology (CAAT) – CPE’s first contract school, which aims to educate the next generation of leaders in advanced technology
