AMIBA News & Updates
When Worlds Align: Localization and Solarization
Where’s the alignment this month? A release of local economist Michael Shuman’s new report in The Main Street Journal, How the City of Irvine Can Solarize by 2045.
Roger Weinreich, Owner of Good Fortune Jewelry
Nominated by TLC Monadnock (NH) From The Keene Sentinel: Like a diamond, Roger Weinreich is...
Resist Prime Days Campaigns: A Prime Time to Make Ripples
Anti-Prime Days Campaigns: A prime time to focus on all the ways our communities benefit when we Choose Indie Local.
Local Legend: Julie Norris, Owner of Spiral Circle Bookstore
We celebrate this month’s Local Legend, Julie Norris, Owner of Spiral Circle Bookstore.
Independents Month: A Celebration of Entrepreneurship
This July, let’s celebrate our independence and our independents together.
Celebrate National Farmers Market Week During Eat Indie Local Month
National Farmers Market Week is a great opportunity to show the nation how much value markets bring to their communities.
2026 Shop Indie Local Holiday Campaign Sponsored By … YOU?
Become a Shop Indie Local Holiday Campaign sponsor to help us raise awareness around the importance of supporting locally owned businesses.
Bicycling Means Business, Community, and So Much More
By Jen Risley, The Local Crowd Monadnock, Keene, NH When I shared this year’s call for Bicycle...
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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...
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,...
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...