AMIBA News & Updates
Choose Black-Owned Month: Why Celebrate?
We celebrate Choose Black-Owned Business Month in February — a time to amplify Black-owned businesses and diversity in our communities. Why join us?
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.
The Last Mile Café
People First Economy 2023 Good for Michigan Awardee From Rapid Growth Media (MI): Arick Davis and...
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!
Call for Partners: Move Your Money – Bank Local, Invest Local
Partner with us to grow our Move Your Money: Bank Local, Invest Local Campaign, part of the Shop Indie Local year-round movement.
2023 Thanksgiving Holiday Sees Record Sales
Starting with our Thanksgiving meal, we’re purchasing more of our holiday gifts and celebration needs from our friends and neighbors — locally owned business owners.
Choose Indie Sustainable Month: Call for Partners
Grow our Choose Indie Sustainable Month Campaign, part of the Choose Indie Local year-round movement. Become a partner!
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Industry News Feed
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...
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...
Small Business Anti-Displacement Network
AMIBA works closely with the Anti-Displacement Network to help small businesses remain resilient in the face of change and benefit from new neighborhood investments. In doing so, we work to ensure that disadvantaged business owners, workers, and residents build...