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Is There a Better Way to Deposit Our Money?
Is there a better way to deposit our money? YES. Next month, join our Move Your Money campaign and help inspire more of us to bank and invest locally.
Thank You, SVB: A Call for Move Your Money Month
Thank you, Silicon Valley Bank, for going belly up just as we at AMIBA prepared for Move Your Money Month in April.
Let’s Make Ripples: Choose Indie Local
Choose an Indie Local (independent and locally owned business) and that positive ripple effect magnifies. Let’s make ripples!
Feeding the Eat Indie Local Movement with Creative Initiatives
What are you giving up when you shop at a typical grocery store? What do you miss out on when...
Choose Indie Sustainable: Go Green
The American Independent Business Association (AMIBA) is moving through an exciting transformative...
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.
Walking Tours Get a Radical Makeover, Focusing on People’s Histories
Instead of kings, plutocrats, and generals, a new kind of historical walking tour focuses on the...
How Unpacking Layered Challenges is Strengthening Local Businesses in New Orleans
In New Orleans, a city usually humming with tourists, COVID-19 altered the small business scene in...
Industry News Feed
Unfulfilled: Amazon and the American Retail Landscape
A new report from Civic Economics: Unfulfilled: Amazon and the American Retail Landscape builds a deep understanding of how Amazon affects small businesses and communities across the nation — and how those impacts have changed over the years.
Support the California Employee Ownership Act
From the American Sustainable Business Network TAKE ACTION: Sign-On to Support the California Employee Ownership Act California Senate Bill 1407, the California Employee Ownership Act, introduced by Senator Josh Becker in February 2022, will educate business owners...
Read moreU.S. bill to rein in Big Tech backed by dozens of small and big companies https://t.co/NDbQz9Ab2H
— AMIBA (@theAMIBA) June 19, 2022
2022 Independent Business Survey: Top Challenges and Policy Priorities
ILSR’s 2022 Independent Business Survey looks at market concentration in our economy and how it is impacting independent business owners.
The World’s Hub for Local Investing
The Main Street Journal, with sponsorship of the National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3) and funding from the Heron Foundation, is the world’s hub for local investing news and events.
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