AMIBA News & Updates
Panic Saturday: Keep Calm and Shop Indie Local On
December 23 is Super Saturday/Panic Saturday, the day when last-minute shoppers scurry furiously for a gift. Remind them to keep calm and Shop Indie Local on!
The Grain Shed: Brewer, Baker, Social-Bond Maker
From Measure Meant (WA): The Grain Shed is a vertical co-op located in Spokane, Washington. It was...
Digging Deeper: Eat Indie Local 2.0
To build on our Eat Indie Local Month campaign, we're looking for your feedback on how we can help...
Shop Indie Local Week: Plaid Friday, Cider Monday, and Much More
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.
How Locally Owned Businesses Can Celebrate Choose Black-Owned Month
Do you sell products and services from Black-Owned businesses? Give them a shout-out during Shop Black-Owned Month.
Why Cider Monday Matters
Celebrate Cider Monday to bring attention to the effects of online sales on your community.
Gift Local: Holiday Gift Guides and Online Marketplaces
Make it easier to Gift Local and Shop Indie Local, create a simple online Gift Guide.
Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration....
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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...
Who’s Coming With You?
You might have noticed that information about the upcoming AMIBA virtual conference is encouraging you to "bring" a group of people -- not just from your IBA, but from other organizations and agencies that you work with (or would like to work with). You might have...