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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 2/11/21
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
“Building Banking Relationships that Stick” workshop helps Cambridge small businesses improve their access by banking local
The Cambridge-Somerville Black Business Network (CSBBN) hosted a free workshop to help local businesses – especially those owned by people of color – learn about and build relationships with three locally-based community banks.
EBay offers Virtual and Live Webinar Sellers School to help small business owners succeed online
EBay is offering two versions of its Sellers School to small businesses in the US. Six weeks of guided training and support to help you grow your business on eBay
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 ZingTrain was no exception -- despite being the part of the Zingerman’s family of businesses that teaches people nationwide how to provide exceptional customer service and...
Virtual Conference on Building Equity: The Recap
For Local Economy leaders from more than 26 states, AMIBA’s first-ever Virtual Conference broke extensive new ground, both in content and in experience. The first conference in the Local Economy Movement to treat racial equity as a centrally important issue, and the...
What can you do with your Cohort to get the most out of the Building Equity Virtual Conference?
In yesterday's post we talked about why it makes sense to bring a cohort, or a group, of local leaders to the Building Equity Virtual Conference. To which your response might be Great, I get them to attend. Yay. How do we actually use that to make our Local Economy...
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