When Worlds Align: Localization and Solarization
Where’s the alignment this month? A release of local economist Michael Shuman’s new report in The Main Street Journal, How the City of Irvine Can Solarize by 2045.
Why Invest Locally?
By Michael H. Shuman In 2025, Americans held over $81 trillion in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance funds—nearly all of it invested in global corporations. Little of this money benefits local and regional economies. But there is an alternative....
Black Farmer Fund: Fueling New England Food and Farm Businesses
This February, celebrate Choose Black-Owned Month, an annual campaign hosted by the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA). Choose Black-Owned Month hopes to inspire you to support independent Black-owned businesses and celebrate diversity. Since 2022, over...
St. Patrick’s Day: Keep the Green In Your Community
This St. Patrick’s Day, keep the green in your community by investing more of your dollars at community banks, credit unions, and locally owned businesses.
A Bank for the Public’s Money: Help Cities and Towns Move Our Money
While you and I can decide to move our money from a big bank to a community bank or credit union to support our local economy, it can be harder for local and state governments to do the same. Smaller banks may lack the capacity to serve the needs of large government...
Top 5 Reasons to Choose a Community Bank or Credit Union
At local banks and credit unions, loan approvals and other key decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and understand local needs.
