Discover more about Myti, on a mission to build the next evolution in shopping: an experience that allows a community to order everything from everyday essentials to local favorites online while keeping money in their local economy. Join us on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 1 pm EST. buff.ly/E8i4KAV

Credit Union Size Matters mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/credit-uni...

In this webinar, Chris Brown shares how the Hudson Valley Alliance is combining rural CLTs, conservation, and manufactured housing to protect affordability and farmland—while pushing back on private equity. Watch here: bit.ly/4ag2EfI #RuralHousing #CLTs #HousingJustice

“To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.” Resist AND Revitalize: buff.ly/6xMxLpi

It's the Most Wonderful Time to Give Local

Congress made Opportunity Zones permanent. Will they lift neighborhoods or just investors? Chicago’s Hope Manor shows what’s possible when local groups guide the dollars. Listen here: apple.co/4pT6 #OpportunityZones #Housing #CommunityDevelopment

The best part of choosing local is bragging about it! Tell your friends and family *why* you choose to spend with local and independently owned businesses and service providers. We can all be local economy champions.

Invest in Your Neighborhood ... Mall mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/invest-in-...

Keeping it local: How shopping close to home strengthens our community buff.ly/kY5hyVh #ShopIndieLocal

Hey @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! How about a NYC Public Bank? mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/hey-zohran...

On Plaid Friday, embrace everyone already wearing plaid, document it with a picture, and watch it grow. buff.ly/dj8w5uG

Vicki will be leading a Local Leaders Roundtable for the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social on November 13 Learn more and register here: amiba.net/events/#!eve...

This week in Shelterforce: From climate risk to #CommunityOwnership—how communities are protecting homes & power. Bluelining could deepen inequality as insurers pull back from climate-vulnerable areas. Plus: new models of #CommunityOwnership in Denver & beyond. 🔗 conta.cc/4otHCOQ #Housing

Plastic Microrecycling Goes Viral mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/plastic-mi...

We 😍 Plaid Friday!

Mega retailers use their market power to extract illegal pricing, access, and promotions from suppliers, allowing them to undercut small and medium competitors on retail prices. Join us to see how local businesses can stand up to big corporate power. localreturn.org/event/virtua...

Why Choose Indie Art this Holiday Season? Shopping art is about more than acquiring beautiful objects. It’s about: 🌟 Supporting local economies – When consumers purchase art, they invest in their own communities by supporting independent creators and small businesses. amiba.net/artists-sund...

I jumped at the opportunity to interview Hartmann, in part to expose him to ideas around community capital. As you’ll see, this effort is a work in progress! mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/thom-hartm...

TODAY & EVERY DAY! Where you spend your $ matters — your choices create a ripple effect that starts with you & extends out to your entire community & local economy. Choose an Indie Local (independent & locally owned business), & the positive ripple effects magnify. Let’s make waves! buff.ly/evqwoq9

Small Business Saturday: Shop Small and Indies First on November 29 The day after Plaid Friday is Small Business Saturday. No matter how you get involved, every little bit makes a big difference. Join us! amiba.net/shop-small-s...

Real-World Rabbit Holing mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/real-world...

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Why Choose Indie Local? It Fuels Neighborhood Job Creation 💸🌱 Independent retailers create more jobs per sales dollar than chain competitors or online giants. When you shop and invest your dollars, choose locally owned and independent businesses!

If you truly want to support minority-owned businesses, invest in those you know, trust, and love in your own backyard. It’s really that simple. mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/scamming-s...

Twin Threats to Local News (And Where's Local Opinion?) mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/twin-threa...

Sometimes it’s better to unleash many small things, in many places, led by many different groups, each sensitive to the needs of the affected communities. Read the latest MSJ: mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/housing-co...

If your community thinking about organizing better support of local biz to strengthen the local economy, now is the time to read this great interview with Vicki's friend and colleague, Kimber Lanning of Local First Arizona. In big cities, small towns, rural communities, local prosperity is possible!

How can we invest more of our dollars into our local and regional food systems? Does your community help individuals invest in local food and farms? If so, we’d love to hear more. chooseindielocal.substack.com/p/invest-in-...

"I believe that unique, independent businesses create a culture that connects people to their hometown and makes them feel connected to each other and to their place."

Thank you, Local Return, for renewing your AMIBA Membership and for building community wealth in Rhode Island: buff.ly/3OilmHf @localreturn.bsky.social

Fifteen years ago, local business networks were spreading like wildfire across the country. But now... mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/local-busi...

One Size Fits None: Time for an Entrepreneurial Revolution mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/a-matter-o...

“Our urine contains things that crops need: water, of course, but also urea, a nitrogen compound that’s used as a plant fertilizer, plus phosphorus, potassium, and other nutrients.” ~ Paul Spinrad, Decent Tuesdays buff.ly/iTzqGtC

Attention philanthropy in our attention economy mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/celebrity-...

How The Front Porch Enriches Vermont mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/how-the-fr... @frontporchforum.bsky.social

Black Gold: The Power of Compost chooseindielocal.substack.com/p/start-with...

Counting down to #NationalNonprofitDay! This week we’re celebrating the people & purpose behind Shelterforce—an award-winning publication that uses journalism to inspire, inform & hold accountable those working for just, thriving communities. 🔗 shelterforce.org #HousingJustice #Shelterforce

Golden Opportunity: Human urine rises to the next level as an agricultural resource mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/golden-opp...

From @npquarterly.bsky.social Resisting Authoritarianism: How to Activate Civil Society’s Pillars of Support - nonprofitquarterly.org/resisting-au...

On Ep 477 of Impact Boom, @vickipozzebon.bsky.social discussed why local businesses are key to creating grassroots change & generating sustainable outcomes — a belief that drives our work! It's been a year since this aired, the topics are more relevant than ever. www.impactboom.org/blog/2024/04...

We’re celebrating National Farmers Market Week, August 3 - 9! Are you, too? Give a shout-out to a market near you!

“Not for Sale,” argues Oscar Perry Abello, is the new rallying cry for neighborhoods around the country reclaiming their economies and their futures. mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/no-se-vende @nextcity.org

Think of all the indie locals (independent and locally owned businesses) in your community. Who keeps you and your loved one happy and healthy? Give them a shout-out today! chooseindielocal.substack.com/p/choose-ind...

Making a Name for Ourselves: Consciousness-raising through terminology alignment mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/making-a-n...

TODAY, we’ll launch our Choose ALL Indie Locals campaign! Each day, we’ll focus on a different sector of Indie Locals (independent and locally owned businesses), shining a light on their importance in our local economies. Follow along! buff.ly/wgDhpcL #independentsmonth

The Era of Low Expectations mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/the-era-of...

Each year, American Independent Business Alliance’s Shop Indie Local Holiday Campaign attracts more and more partners. Become a Shop Indie Local Holiday Campaign sponsor to help us spread the movement. Learn more! buff.ly/OwhyaD0 #ShopIndieLocal

Embrace Localism: A Path Forward buff.ly/dBY9a2N

Welcome to the first issue of Decent Tuesdays, a new, experimental edition of The Main Street Journal that covers and connects the many aspects of decentralization.

A new weekly edition called “Decent Tuesdays,” written and edited by Paul Spinrad, whose credentials include Wired and Make magazines, launches tomorrow. Subscribe today! mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/a-localism...