Celebrate How Indie Locals Do Good and Give Back: Choose Indie Sustainable
This March, AMIBA invites you to celebrate Choose Indie Sustainable Month. We’re teaming up with partners throughout North America to spotlight businesses that benefit local economies, the environment, and communities — triple-bottom-line companies such as...
Warm Up to Winter With Placemaking
Instead of hibernating each winter, imagine enthusiastically leaping outdoors each day — despite the weather.
Valentine’s Day: Show the Local Love
This Valentine’s Day, show your “local love” — love for your sweetie and your whole community — by purchasing gifts (or gift-making supplies) and meals (or ingredients) at locally owned businesses.
Jólabókaflóð: A Bookworm’s Dream Holiday
Icelanders have a lovely tradition of gifting books to each other on December 24 and spending the rest of the evening reading and drinking hot chocolate. Season’s Readings!
The Pop-Up Economy: Making Our Communities POP!
Whether a pop-up shop, pop-up event, or pop-up planning process, the Pop-Up Economy means that whatever pops up is temporary. This temporary status makes pop-ups less risky than setting up something permanent and typically requires less investment of time and money....