Call for Partners: Eat Indie Local
Inspire your community to eat more locally grown, raised, and made foods, meet the farmers, growers, and chefs behind their food.
Shop Indie Local Holiday Season Campaign Launches November 1
On November 1, 2022, the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) will launch their Shop Indie Local holiday campaign, urging individuals and businesses to shift their holiday spending to locally owned and independent businesses. Independent businesses and...
5/12/22 Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: Local Hive: Shop Indie Local—Measuring Success
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on May 12 to discuss measuring success with Jen Risley, Director of Operations at AMIBA. Matt Cunningham of Civic Economics joined us as a special guest to present enlightening and supportive data from the recent study, The Impact of...
4/14/22 Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: Nuts & Bolts: Rebuilding the Strategic Plan
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on April 14 for a great presentation by Amanda Kaye and Colleen Conley, co-founders of ckSYNERGY. ckSYNERGY is the firm leading AMIBA in our own strategic plan. They led us through a discussion of needs and expectations of strategic...
Move Your Money Closer to Home: Bank Local, Invest Local
It’s a time to inspire you to move your money closer to home — by banking with a community bank or credit union and investing in locally owned businesses in our region.