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Special offer for AMIBA members: website upgrade/redesign
You can admit it… website design and maintenance can be a drag, especially when you have so many...
Local Leaders Learn What’s New At AMIBA.net
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on January 14 for a session entitled What's New at AMIBA: A Tour...
New Round of Payroll Protection Program includes second round offers favoring CDFIs, low income communities and smaller businesses
Revisions to the Payroll Protection Program were included in the recent COVID-19 Economic Relief...
Local Leaders Roundtable: Local Hive
Please join us for the next Local Leaders Roundtable where we come together to share, inspire, learn and get to know one another every second Thursday, 1pm ET. You have a whole community here to help—Join Us!
This giving season, invest in the resilience of America’s communities.
It’s a new day at AMIBA – 20 years ago the local movement took root in America. Today, locally owned business is a community value and more essential than ever. Learn more about our holiday fundraiser.
AMIBA kicks off first-ever Virtual Conference with invite to a new direction
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
Zingerman’s ZingTrain Pandemic response featured at Virtual Conference on Building Equity
Even the most beloved independent businesses were blindsided by the COVID-19 pandemic, and...
Virtual Conference on Building Equity: The Recap
For Local Economy leaders from more than 26 states, AMIBA’s first-ever Virtual Conference broke...
Industry News Feed
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.
Maine Voices: Covid-battered Local Businesses Need Congress to Step Up
For local businesses in Portland, the future is bleak. Portland Buy Local recently surveyed our members and found that nearly 30 percent are considering permanently closing.
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