New Albany First: In the news, and with a marketing seminar on tap for tonight.

There's a New Albany First web site.

There's a New Albany First seminar this evening:

"be local." Seminar series - Marketing a Small Business in a Tough Economy

Join us as Allen Howie of Idealogy Marketing + Design shares insights into how a small business on a tight budget can still market effectively by focusing on the right customers, building a memorable brand, having a smart plan and looking for unusual tactics that can cost little but produce a lot.

It all gets started at 7 p.m. at Strandz and Threadz on Vincennes Street in New Albany. This event is free and open to the public. See you there!

And, there's a story about New Albany First in today's newspaper:

Independent thinkers: The numbers don’t lie; Survey: Sales up in cities with independent business alliances, by Daniel Suddeath (News and Tribune)

Cities like New Albany with “buy local” campaigns enjoyed greater revenue growth than communities without independent business alliances, according to an Institute for Local Self-Reliance study.