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AMIBA Blog
Access to Markets Symposium: What You Can Do Next
“Taking on monopolies is about allowing capitalism to act as it should…Part of the answer lies in the lack of competition, and we see it from everything from cat foods to caskets.”
Give More: Shop Indie Local
Even with a smaller budget, you can give more this holiday season. How? By joining the Shop Indie...
Artists Sunday
We invite all professional artists to join Artists Sunday, a national marketing campaign and event...
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.
Industry News Feed
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...
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?
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