Another NA First update; next info session is Tuesday, June 2.

(From Andy Terrell, Director of New Albany First)

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Hi everyone,

Just a few things to update you with on the progress of New Albany First.

As you know, we're in the middle of a membership push. The Board of Directors met last night and have set another public information session for Tuesday, June 2nd from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. to be held at Earth Friends Cafe (3211 Grant Line Road -Summit Square). Board members will be there to talk with business owners and other interested parties and answer any questions you may have. If you can't make that meeting and would like to talk to someone before that, please let me know by replying to this email and we'll set up an appointment for you.

The Board has decided to affiliate with both the American Indpendent Business Alliance (AMIBA) and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). Our application with AMIBA has been filed, we'll wait a while on the BALLE membership. We did receive some great news this week - the 2012 AMIBA National Conference will be held in Louisville next spring. NA First has been invited to participate in the planning of this conference! This will be a tremendous opportunity for NA First and our members to showcase our independent businesses to people from all over the country. The first planning meeting is today and I'll update members as more information becomes available.

NA First will have a table at Exclusively New Albany on Thursday, June 9th from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. This is an event sponsored by our friends at Develop New Albany and we're thrilled to take part. Stop by and say hi.

Other events are on the horizon as we continue to work at developing the membership roster. A website is on the way and preliminary talks on our printed "Think Local New Albany" guide have begun.

It's an exciting time, we hope all of you will be a part of what we're trying to do.