AMIBA News & Updates
WORKS FOR ALL: Learning From Cincinnati’s Co-op Economy
EVENT RECAP Post-Film Discussion with Worker-Owned Cooperative Advocates...
Cambridge Savings Bank Offers Financial and Technical Support for Black-Owned Businesses
By Laury Hammel, AMIBA Board of Directors Two AMIBA members, Sustainable Business Network of...
Resilient Local Economies Summer 2024 Internship
Join American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA), Sustainable Business Network (SBN) of MA, and...
Small Businesses vs. Monopoly Power
YOU’RE INVITED Small Businesses vs. Monopoly Power Our Recent Wins and the Hurdles Ahead Join...
Call for Partners: Choose Indie Pride Month
Celebrate LGBTQ+ owned businesses, diversity, and equity. Partner with us during Pride Month this June. It’s free!
Call for Partners: Bicycling Means Business Month
We want to empower you to inspire your community to support locally owned and independent businesses and entrepreneurship.
St. Patrick’s Day: Keep the Green In Your Community
This St. Patrick’s Day, keep the green in your community by investing more of your dollars at community banks, credit unions, and locally owned businesses.
Artifact Soapworks
From Sustainable Business Network (MA): Artifact Soapworks is a trendsetting online soap shop...
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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...