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.
The Local Multiplier Effect: How Independent Locally Owned Businesses Help Your Community Thrive
As your dollars move through your community, the money generates more local wealth, charitable contributions, and jobs.
Warm Up to Winter With Placemaking
Instead of hibernating each winter, imagine enthusiastically leaping outdoors each day — despite the weather.
Built With Purpose, Fortified With Love
From Lutunji’s Palate’s website: Lutunji’s Palate is a social enterprise “Built with Purpose; Fortified with Love.” Back in 2018, Lutunji met with the Pastor of a historic church in South Minneapolis to discuss launching a Charter School for teen...
Choose Black-Owned Month: Why Celebrate?
We celebrate Choose Black-Owned Business Month in February — a time to amplify Black-owned businesses and diversity in our communities. Why join us?
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.