From the Executive Director: Initiative Updates
AMIBA will host a virtual convening in early October in collaboration with the Access to Markets Initiative led by the American Economic Liberties Project.
8/12/21 Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: Local Hive: Tips for Growing Membership
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on August 12 for Local Hive: Ideas for Growing Your Membership and the ideas were flying. In fact, as with all the Local Hive events, we start with a topic but are never limited to just that topic. We talk about anything the hive-mind...
Local Leaders Roundtable: Nuts & Bolts 9/9/21
We’re slowly coming out of our pandemic shell. We know what it looks like to be free of Covid but what does this in-between stage look like? We’re going to take a close look at hybrid events—
Recap: 7/8/21 Local Leaders Roundtable: What’s New at AMIBA: Member Benefits
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on July 8 for What’s New at AMIBA: Member Benefits Thomas Barr, Local First Arizona, AMIBA Board Member and chair of the Membership Committee joined us to review and introduce the many benefits of membership in AMIBA. One hour isn’t...
Berkeley Independents
By Lawrence Grown Imagine yourself in another town, full of chain stores and strip malls. What are the forces that grow one type of city or another? Zoning is certainly a major factor. Another is response to the desires of the locals. What kinds of companies do the...