by Jen Risley | Blog, Front Page Highlight, Independents Month, News, Shop Indie Local
This July, celebrate Independents Month by signing on to the Indie Challenge today! Pledge to buy only from locally owned businesses for a day, week, or more — you choose.
by Jen Risley | Blog, Shop Indie Local
By Roman Mukendi, AMIBA Resilient Local Economies Intern After a long period of business disruption and home confinement (lockdowns) due to COVID, people now crave meaningful connections across all facets of life—including commerce. As you may know, a physical...
by Jen Risley | Blog, News, Shop Indie Local
By Roman Mukendi, AMIBA Resilient Local Economies Intern Independent small businesses are enterprises that make multi-social impacts on the community. Social impacts mean “any significant or positive change that solves or at least addresses social injustice and...
by Jen Risley | News
Choosing to buy products within your community is key to protecting our environment from the devastating effects of climate change.
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Peace Coffee (MN): Peace Coffee and bikes go way back together. We actually started bike-delivering our coffee before we could afford our own roasting machine, but two roasters and a few delivery vans later, bikes remain central to what we do. We ride to work, we...