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Empowerment plays an important role in increasing the ability and independence of the community. Sumberwangi Village is located in the forest area of UB Forest, which is an area of research and development center for education. The existence of UB Forest area has disturbed the economy of Sumberwangi community because it cannot optimize the potential of its resources. Batik is used as an alternative to strengthen the economy of the Sumberwangi community. Batik making training will be held in 2018. This training still has various obstacles and problems. This paper aims to find out how to strengthen the batik production system, foster motivation, and public awareness to improve the quality of batik production so as to improve the economy and support the ATP program (Agro Techno Park) in the UB Forest area. This paper shows that by making "Griya Batik" as a place of batik production, facilitating the Sumberwangi community to manage their batik production. Utilization of natural resources in the Sumberwangi region is done by optimizing the manufacture of natural dyes for batik coloring. Natural coloring agents used are derived from mahogany trees, arbey plants and yakon flowers. Besides the use of natural dyes, another important factor is the strengthening in the batik design sector. The unique and distinctive design Sumberwangi can attract market interest. Strengthening in the natural dye and batik design sectors is expected to increase competitiveness and attract market interest.