by Jen Risley | Blog, Front Page Highlight, Independents Month, News, Shop Indie Local
This July, celebrate Independents Month by signing on to the Indie Challenge today! Pledge to buy only from locally owned businesses for a day, week, or more — you choose.
by Jen Risley | Blog, Shop Indie Local
By Roman Mukendi, AMIBA Resilient Local Economies Intern After a long period of business disruption and home confinement (lockdowns) due to COVID, people now crave meaningful connections across all facets of life—including commerce. As you may know, a physical...
by Jen Risley | Blog, News, Shop Indie Local
By Roman Mukendi, AMIBA Resilient Local Economies Intern Independent small businesses are enterprises that make multi-social impacts on the community. Social impacts mean “any significant or positive change that solves or at least addresses social injustice and...
by Jen Risley | Blog, Front Page Highlight, News, Shop Indie Local, Shop Indie Local Season
Choose an Indie Local (independent and locally owned business) and that positive ripple effect magnifies. Let’s make ripples!
by Caroline Tremblay | Blog, Move Your Money, News
When you put dollars into your retirement fund or investment accounts, where do they go? To your local food co-op? Probably not…
by Caroline Tremblay | Blog, News, Shop Black-Owned
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...