AMIBA News & Updates
Good For Governance: Walker-Miller Energy Services
Walker-Miller Energy Services (Walker-Miller) is one of the largest Black- and woman-owned energy-efficiency companies in the United States.
Local Legend: Author Michael H. Shuman
Michael H. Shuman is an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, and a leading visionary on community economics.
Valentine’s Day: Show the Local Love
This Valentine’s Day, show your “local love” — love for your sweetie and your whole community — by purchasing gifts (or gift-making supplies) and meals (or ingredients) at locally owned businesses.
Eat, Drink, and Be Local: Year-End Sales
How can we continue to promote Shop Indie Local during the last days of this year and into the new year?
Panic Saturday: Keep Calm and Shop Indie Local On
December 23 is Super Saturday/Panic Saturday, the day when last-minute shoppers scurry furiously for a gift. Remind them to keep calm and Shop Indie Local on!
Celebrating Extraordinary Indie Local Businesses
Call out Indie Local businesses with the American Independent Business Alliance: Celebrating Extraordinary Indie Local Businesses.
How Organizations Can Celebrate Choose Black-Owned Month
Alliances, organizations, and other community groups will celebrate Shop Black-Owned Month with us in February. How will they mark this month?
Jólabókaflóð: A Bookworm’s Dream Holiday
Icelanders have a lovely tradition of gifting books to each other on December 24 and spending the rest of the evening reading and drinking hot chocolate. Season’s Readings!
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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.
New Report: Small Business’s Big Moment
By Kennedy Smith, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Our new report suggests a dozen ways that civic leaders can use the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to strengthen local economies by supporting small business development. Our report suggests twelve ways in which...
New Report: Amazon’s Toll Road
Amazon’s Toll Road report finds that Amazon is exploiting its position as a gatekeeper to impose steep fees on third-party sellers.
Move Your Money Podcast
Good for Michigan's People First Economy created a two-part mini-podcast highlighting their Move Your Money campaign. This campaign was created to spread awareness around the importance of keeping your money locally, the impacts of our current financial system, and...
Small Business Anti-Displacement Network
Small businesses are a vital part of economically healthy, socially vibrant, and environmentally sustainable communities. AMIBA is proud to partner with the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network (SBAN). We are eager to share their recently released brown paper that...