by Rebecca Melancon | Jan 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
April 8: Simple Ways to Increase Diversity and Equity in Your IBA—Here’s what we’re doing at AMIBA…you can too! REGISTER NOW We offer three kinds of monthly Roundtables in rotation quarterly: Local Hive—We’re all local pollinators in our communities, bring your ideas...
by Amy Klein | Jan 20, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
You can admit it… website design and maintenance can be a drag, especially when you have so many other things to do! Distance Learning Media, the company that recently revamped AMIBA’s web site, is offering three special packages for AMIBA members that will make your...
by Amy Klein | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
Revisions to the Payroll Protection Program were included in the recent COVID-19 Economic Relief Bill, signed into law on December 27. Over $284 million was allocated to the forgivable loan program, with new provisions for fund allocations and the opportunity for...
by Amy Klein | Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Few conferences start with a poem. But for AMIBA’s first-ever Virtual Conference (and the first in the Local Economy Movement to focus on racial equity), Executive Director Derek Peebles’ reading of Oriah Mountain Dreamer’s “The Invitation” set a bold new tone and...
by Amy Klein | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
AMIBA’s first-ever virtual conference, and the first conference in the Local Economy Movement to focus on racial equity, featured a keynote from Segun Idowu, the Executive Director of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts. Called a “Man of the Moment” by the...
by Amy Klein | Aug 24, 2020 | Industry News Feed, News, Uncategorized
AMIBA Board of Directors member and Portland Buy Local Executive Director Mary Alice Scott wrote this great opinion piece for the Portland Press Herald. Chances are, it fits your community, too. Have you done a survey like the one Portland Buy Local conducted? If...
