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(posted on Aug 31 2011 - 7:00am)
The Etsy Blog
In 1983, Judy Wicks founded the White Dog Cafe on the first floor of her house on a row of Victorian brownstones in West Philadelphia. After helping to save her block from demolition, Judy grew what...
Study Finds Local Businesses Key to Income Growth
(posted on Aug 24 2011 - 7:00am)
New Rules Project
The results of a new study suggest that the key to reversing the long-term trend of stagnating incomes in the U.S. lies in nurturing small, locally owned businesses and limiting further expansion and...
Tesco and Starbucks feel the heat in battle against 'clone town Britain'
(posted on Aug 23 2011 - 7:00am)
Ecologist
David Cameron's appointment of a 'shops tsar', the controversial Localism Bill, and increasing opposition to supermarkets and other chain stores could mark a turning point in the struggle...
The 2011 BALLE Business Conference continues to affect positive change!
(posted on Aug 22 2011 - 7:00am)
BALLE
Carbon offsets purchased by conference attendees will help build the Iowa Farms Wind Project and as a result, keep an estimated 96 short tons of Co2 emissions out of the environment.
Download Conference Sessions Now!
(posted on Aug 22 2011 - 7:00am)
BALLE
All plenary and interactive workshops are now available in video or audio. More than 600 people gathered in Bellingham, WA in June to participate in four dynamic days of interactive workshops,...
Business as social experiment
(posted on Aug 19 2011 - 7:00am)
Ode Magazine
How George Siemon and Organic Valley are trying to take organic mainstream while staying true to their family farming roots. At about 8:30 on a recent clear, crisp morning in La Farge, Wisconsin (pop...
Communities seek to restrict fast-food restaurants to maintain charm, local businesses
(posted on Aug 18 2011 - 7:00am)
DemocrateAndChronicle.com
At least 100 communities in NY have passed passed zoning laws to keep food chains out, help local eateries and build local flavor. The village of Victor, which is being sued over a local law...
Raising money on Main Street
(posted on Aug 17 2011 - 7:00am)
CrainsNewYork.com
Forget Wall Street! More and more innovative entrepreneurs are going local to raise the capital they need. Rebecca Fitting and Jessica Stockton Bagnulo faced a daunting challenge in 2008: raising $...
Community Energy Challenge celebrates 500 homes
(posted on Aug 16 2011 - 7:00am)
Sustainable Connections Press Release
Hats off to Sustainable Connection's Community Energy Challenge--500 homes are now participating. BELLINGHAM, WA – The Community Energy Challenge (CEC) will host a community celebration for...
Hey Seattle - Think Local First!
(posted on Aug 15 2011 - 7:00am)
BALLE
Great new website from Seattle Good Business Network featuring local folks and businesses. From the site: This website includes information on why thinking local matters, plus a searchable online...
Fighting the effects of industrialized food
(posted on Aug 12 2011 - 7:00am)
NPR.org
Local farmers co-op works to improve community health: The Mileston Cooperative Association markets its produce locally and provides fresh food to regional nutrition programs.
Download BALLE Conference workshops now!
(posted on Aug 10 2011 - 7:00am)
BALLE
Learn about building local food systems, accelerating community capital, cooperative models that work, using social media to build community and triple bottom-line business and more.
Congratulations Santa Fe Alliance, winner of the Santa Fe Community Foundation's Piñon Award for Visionary Non Profit!
(posted on Aug 9 2011 - 7:00am)
Santa Fe Alliance Press Release
The Santa Fe Alliance has been chosen as one of four Piñon Award winners for 2011 by the Santa Fe Community Foundation. Often referred to as "the Academy Award for nonprofits," the...
"Locavesting": Investing In Main Street Instead Of Wall Street
(posted on Aug 3 2011 - 7:00am)
Fast Company
What if you didn't send your money to a faceless investment bank, but instead gave it to a local business? We spoke to author Amy Cortese about local investing, where people keep...
Localizing Cotton: From Dirt to Shirt in 750 Miles
(posted on Aug 1 2011 - 7:00am)
Ode Magazine
When he answers his phone, Eric Henry, president and co-owner of TS Designs in Burlington, North Carolina, is outside fretting about grasshoppers chomping their way through the employee vegetable...
