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From Independents Week to Independents Month: A Celebration of Entrepreneurship
This July, let’s celebrate our independence and our independents together.
4/14/22 Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: Nuts & Bolts: Rebuilding the Strategic Plan
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on April 14 for a great presentation by Amanda Kaye and Colleen...
Move Your Money Closer to Home: Bank Local, Invest Local
It’s a time to inspire you to move your money closer to home — by banking with a community bank or credit union and investing in locally owned businesses in our region.
Join Antitrust Day
On April 4, companies, nonprofits, and individuals are uniting to support the antitrust bills, explain them to our audiences, and—most importantly—mobilize emails and calls from constituents to their members of Congress.
The ABCs of Local Investing Webinar: Watch Our Recording
Watch our recording: The ABCs of Local Investing Webinar with local economist Michael Shuman.
3/10/22 Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: What’s New at AMIBA: Measuring How We’re All Doing
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on March 10 to review questions on the new IBA Data Resource...
Call for Partners: Independents Month
We want to empower you to inspire your community to support locally owned and independent businesses and entrepreneurship.
Resilient Local Economies Summer 2022 Internship
Join American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA), the Sustainable Business Network (SBN) of MA,...
Industry News Feed
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...
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...
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