Construction and manufacturing sectors are associated with elevated risks of unfair labor practices and health hazards that often disproportionately affect workers and nearby communities. Addressing social health and equity in the built environment requires building products and supply chains that support fair labor conditions, economic opportunity, and long-term community well-being—not just environmental performance.
Urban Evolutions is proudly woman-founded and owned, contributing to greater representation and leadership diversity within the manufacturing and building materials industries. Equitable leadership plays a critical role in shaping workplace culture, labor practices and investment decisions. By supporting woman-owned manufacturing, we help advance more inclusive leadership within material supply chains—an important component of social equity in the built environment.
All of our products are sourced and manufactured entirely within the United States, with the majority of materials coming from Wisconsin and the surrounding Midwest region. Domestic and regional manufacturing supports clearer labor protections, safer working conditions and greater accountability across the supply chain. By investing in Midwest-based production, we help create stable, skilled jobs and strengthen rural and small-town economies closely tied to the health of local forests and working landscapes.
By keeping sourcing and manufacturing close to home, we build long-term relationships with regional partners—including mills, deconstruction crews, municipal forestry teams, and fabricators—who share our values around worker safety, fair labor, and environmental stewardship. These transparent, localized supply chains reduce the distance between resource, labor, and end use, helping ensure that economic value, accountability, and decision-making remain within the communities directly impacted by production.
Our regional approach helps sustain healthy, resilient forest product economies that balance ecological stewardship with social well-being. Programs such as urban wood recovery and building deconstruction redirect local materials into productive use, reduce waste burdens on communities, and create skilled, place-based employment. By keeping wood in circulation locally, we support forest economies that provide long-term economic stability, shared community benefit and responsible stewardship of regional resources—core principles of social health and equity.
Contact our team to discuss domestic production and how our regional supply chains support local jobs and community well-being.