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Local Leaders Roundtable: Local Hive 8/12/21
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—
From the Executive Director: The Power of Conversations
Conversations connect us. Conversations have power. Conversations offer a pathway to see what we...
Overview: Reform the SBA
AMIBA has partnered with the Reform The SBA Campaign led by Frank Knapp Jr., President, CEO of the...
Lowcountry Local First Welcomes New Executive Director
Lowcountry Local First (LLF), a nonprofit organization that cultivates an economy anchored in...
Help Our Common Good Approach to Monopoly Power by Completing this Simple Survey
AMIBA is inviting you to answer a few questions to catalyze a just and fair approach to monopoly power. We are elevating the voices of small business owners impacted by unfair…
SBN’s 31st Annual Conference June 4
AMIBA is excited to sponsor SBN’s Annual Conference: Building Local, Green and Fair Economies—We’re all in this together. On June 4th, the 31st Annual Conference from The Sustainable Business Network
Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: Emerging From the Pandemic
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on May 13 for Local Hive: Emerging From the Pandemic The Local...
Apply to the Resilient Local Economies Summer 2021 Internship!
Internship Overview: Join American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA), Sustainable Business...
Industry News Feed
CVCOC: Buy local now more than ever
There is no debate that Vermonters have put up with a lot this past year and a half. Unanticipated, and certainly unwanted, COVID-19 has created chaos in our communities. Canceling our plans, laying us off, creating havoc in our lives, our children’s lives, our plans,...
What Will It Take To Save America’s Small Businesses?
Devastation for American small businesses. Federal relief funds ran out almost instantaneously. More may be on the way, but what can be done to save small business?
‘Downtown on the Farm’ continues at a social distance in 2020
Downtown on the Farm, presented by Locally Owned Murfreesboro, is BYOB (Bring Your Own Blanket) in 2020, the nonprofit announced.
Three Banks Award $33K Grant to Help Support Tourism in Las Vegas, New Mexico
Southwest Capital Bank, Community 1st Bank Las Vegas (Community 1st Bank) and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have provided $33,000 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funds to help a nonprofit foundation in Las Vegas, New Mexico, market the city to tourists.
Anti-Monopoly Fund Funnels $1 Million into Antitrust Efforts
A group pushing for more competitive markets is funneling more than $1 million into initiatives that promote stronger antitrust enforcement as U.S. regulators examine whether Silicon Valley’s biggest companies have too much power over commerce.
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