Following is one of two information sheets distributed to those in attendance at the New Albany First meeting last Wednesday at Wick's. The other is here. I'm attributing authorship to Randy, Ann and Andy, unless otherwise advised.
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National Organizations for Independent Business Groups
American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) http://www.amiba.net/
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) http://www.livingeconomies.org/
Independent Business Groups
Local First Indiana, Bloomington IN http://www.localfirstindiana.org/
Louisville Independent Business Alliance, Louisville KY http://www.keeplouisvilleweird.com/
Austin Independent Alliance, Austin, TX http://www.ibuyaustin.com/
Local First Utah, http://www.localfirst.org/
Tampa Independent Business Alliance, Tampa, FL http://www.tibatampa.org/
Local First, Grand Rapids, MI http://www.localfirst.com/
More Resources
Civic Economics http://www.civiceconoomics.com/
Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.newrules.org/
Small-mart http://www.small-mart.org/ (based on Michael Shuman’s Small-mart Revolution)
Big Box Tool Kit http://www.bigboxtoolkit.com/
Independent We Stand http://www.independentwestand.org/
University of Wisconsin Center for Community and Economic Development http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/index.cfm
While both AMIBA and BALLE are fantastic organizations, I really like BALLE more. The business owners will have to decide first if they want to join one of these two, and second, which one will be better for them.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the links, if you have interest, there's a lot of incredible info.