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Recap: 9/9/21 Local Leaders Roundtable: Nuts & Bolts: Creating Effective Boards and Committees
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on September 9 to discuss a topic that challenges almost...
Top Ten Reasons to Become a Shop Indie Local Partner
It’s throughout the holiday shopping season — a critical time to amplify Shop Local messaging. It...
Job Opening: AMIBA Membership Development Manager
The American Independent Business Alliance seeks an energetic, experienced and dedicated professional membership manager with experience in membership-based organizations to join our team.
Eat Indie Local Partner Campaign Round-Up
Each week, we gathered ideas and resources from our Eat Indie Local Partners.
From the Executive Director: Initiative Updates
AMIBA will host a virtual convening in early October in collaboration with the Access to Markets Initiative led by the American Economic Liberties Project.
8/12/21 Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: Local Hive: Tips for Growing Membership
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on August 12 for Local Hive: Ideas for Growing Your Membership...
Local Leaders Roundtable: Nuts & Bolts 9/9/21
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—
Recap: 7/8/21 Local Leaders Roundtable: What’s New at AMIBA: Member Benefits
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on July 8 for What’s New at AMIBA: Member Benefits Thomas Barr,...
Industry News Feed
Businesses Tell of the Impacts of Facing Amazon
From Cambridge Day As Amazon prioritizes delivery speed and low prices, often at the cost of its employees’ well-being, many bricks-and-mortar businesses feel they can’t compete. But cutting delivery times isn’t the only way Amazon gets ahead: Some business owners...
Upper Valley Restaurants Take On Delivery Apps
From the Valley News In what amounts to a David-versus-Goliath challenge, a new Upper Valley home delivery startup wants to deliver your lunch or dinner, groceries, dog food and a wide variety of other items purchased from local retailers directly to your door. Read...
Washingtonians Should Make their First Priority Local Needs: Think Local First DC
New construction will soon occupy more District corners and with them, the promise of the latest, the newest, and the biggest. But one thing that cannot be lost among the blueprints and the scaffolds is the support and engagement of small, independent, and...
Taking Care of Business with Dan Tratensek – Stacy Mitchell
Dan Tratensek of the North American Hardware and Paint Association speaks with Institute for Local Self-Reliance's Stacy Mitchell about the growing movement against corporate consolidation on the newest episode of Taking Care of Business.
ILSR: New Opportunities for Cities to Create Affordable Space for Small Business
For Governing, Senior Researcher Kennedy Smith, with Ryan Coonerty, explains how local governments can leverage American Rescue Plan funds to help the small businesses in their communities. The pandemic, but also years of online and big-box retailers’ predatory...
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