IBAs in the News

6/19/2008
Op-ed: Albany's economic development better served by independent businesses, not chains

5/28/2008
Buy Local Kalamazoo gains ground

5/27/2008
Editorial board of Jackson paper comes out in support of JXN Local First

5/19/2008
Jackson, Michigan has new champion for independent businesses

5/19/2008
Humboldt IBA printing free guide to county's independent businesses

4/19/2008
Stay Local (New Orleans) director, Dana Eness' op-ed on the vital role local businesses are playing in post-Katrina recovery -- and why it matters.

11/28/2007
Newly-formed Novato IBA challenges city council on meaning of "economic development"

11/28/2007
Hometown Peninsula IBA launches:
Already at 40 members, interest keeps building

10/29/2007
Brazos lBA Launches
BIBA made a big splash on the evening news

7/6/2007
Louisville IBA celebrates its weirdness and Independents Week

7/3/2007
Princeton IBA to restore community icon
Prominent monument to get facelift, local businesses get the nod

7/3/2007
Local business holds community together
This opinion piece, timed for Independents Week, by the president of Locally Owned Tallahassee expresses beautifully why hometown businesses matter.

5/4/07
A hands-on moving experience
Portland Buy Local members use strength in numbers, to help business move brigade-style

4/29/07
Greater Valley IBA on scene in Pennsylvania putting focus on "local"

4/26/07
Corvallis IBA partners with Food Co-op to introduce locals to their food
A series of breakfasts introduces local food producers and connects them with local markets

See news, isses and more from previous years

1/30/07
Website links local businesses with commercial space
Austin IBA's new resource to connect developers and property owners with potential local tenants

1/24/07
Online shoppers urged to shop locally through new local online resource
Tampa IBA argues that "local" means more than geography -- ownership is an important factor affecting economic, cultural and social health.

1/13/07
AMIBA responds to Jesse Jackson's call for increased economic development for low-income communities through outside business recruitment in this letter, published in the Wall St. Journal.

1/12/2007 -- Our opinion of the dangers of Wal-Mart's bid to enter the banking business is news again on the heels of the FDIC's decision to continue the moratorium on corporate applications for industrial loan corporations.

Issues

7/6/2007
No chains allowed
City of Scottsdale wants new shopping center to be unique, and developer agrees -- no chains.

7/1/2007
The Corner Drugstore, Barely Clinging to Health
The personalized service of independent pharmacies is at risk as the internet and chains dominate

1/31/07
Megatores March up Avenue, and Paris Takes to Barricades
Famed Champs Elysee losing its local flavor to chains, and government says, "Stop!"