Join The Maker City Directory

What is The Maker City Directory and why should I join?

The Maker City Directory connects makers and supporters through a free listing on The Maker City website. If you make a thing and you want to make connections AND you want to make a living doing what you love, this is the place for you.

The Maker City Directory represents artisans, makers, small-scale manufacturers, and creatives from all over Knoxville. If you sell handmade goods or offer creative services, we want you.

 

Benefits for members of the Directory include:

  • Access to a Maker Discussion Board

  • Maker Map (for brick and mortar locations)

  • Buyer Connections

  • Community Connections

  • Promotional Opportunities

  • Editable Profiles 

  • Consideration for Seasonal Gift Guides

  • First Access to Upcoming Opportunities

Plus opportunities to be featured on:

  • Local Media Outlets

  • The Maker City Social Media Channels

  • The Maker City Newsletter

  • The Maker City Website Homepage

  • The Maker City Gift Guides

  • Maker Marketplace

  • Visit Knoxville Website + Maker Map

  • Downtown Knoxville

  • Knox Business Journal Website

  • Local Events

  • … and more!

 

Set up a free profile in the Maker Directory. Join over 400 local creative businesses, be considered for promotional opportunities, and find new buyer connections — all from this central online location.


What is The Maker City?

The Maker City aims to develop a shared vision for, and raise awareness of, our region’s diverse maker community and its associated micro-economies.

We promote local goods + services and connect makers with opportunities to grow. We will address government policies and regulatory issues that impact maker businesses and develop new revenue sources to support The Maker City initiatives.

By promoting local goods and services, connecting makers with opportunities, addressing government policies and regulatory issues that impact maker businesses, and developing new revenue sources to boost The Maker City initiatives, we will continue to provide fertile ground and a strong basis of support for current and future makers.

As The Maker City’s presence in the global online marketplace continues to grow, the Mayor’s Maker Council has developed a year-long series of programs, workshops and networking events designed to build an informed and collaborative City that fully embraces the maker movement. By supporting local entrepreneurs, and by welcoming new makers from all over who are intentionally choosing Knoxville as their home base, the Council looks to build on the previous years’ successes, cementing our region’s status as a maker destination — THE place for makers, right here in Tennessee.