From Local Banking to Local Investing, Every Dollar That Stays Close to Home Matters
Imagine your money isn’t just a number on a screen but a force that strengthens your local community and economy.
Our Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon
Actor Kevin Bacon supported our Shift Your Shopping for Good promotion in 2013. Thanks to the work of our core organizing team, we garnered amazing media attention through this hilarious video starring Melvin Macon.
If We Want a Stronger Local Economy, Why Do We Invest in Wall Street?
When you put dollars into your retirement fund or investment accounts, where do they go? To your local food co-op? Probably not…
How Choosing Black-Owned Businesses Amplifies More Than Just the Economy
Just 3% of U.S. businesses were identified as Black or African American-owned as of 2020, according to Pew Research. That’s despite 12.4% of the overall population being Black adults. More than half of those business owners were men. While any type of entrepreneurship...
Feeding the Eat Indie Local Movement with Creative Initiatives
Cultivating the Eat Indie Local movement through grassroots initiatives and nationwide partnerships. Join us this August!