Local business owners don’t just bring monetary wealth to a community; they can also bring a wealth of support and kindness to locals during their times of need.
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If we’re going to be stuck with strip malls, then this one in Virginia is about as fine-grained and urban as it gets.
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What are some of the hidden things we can’t see because we’re blinded by three generations of the Suburban Experiment?
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Nick Meyer’s magazine is breathing new life into the community of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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Strong Towns member Haile McCollum is helping make her community of Thomasville, Georgia, more resilient and more beloved.
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If we want to have meaningful conversations about "the economy" and how it affects everyday people, then our focus needs to shift from macro to local.
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Moving past a commodity-based economy is not for the faint of heart. See how this community in Idaho has begun welcoming new (sometimes even weird) ideas on how to do so.
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Conventional economic development practice focuses on recruiting new businesses to relocate to the community. In reality, the most stable and prosperous businesses are those that are homegrown.
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Entrepreneurship plays an important role in building prosperous local communities. Here are some steps for creating a more active ecosystem of entrepreneurs in your place.
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Let’s go beyond the “buy local” mantra and start replacing things we send money out of the community for with viable local alternatives.
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When communities support small businesses, it helps give them agency over their own economic development.
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A model of what the future could look like for communities that depend on extractive industry, if they make the right investments.
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A relatively new funding mechanism helps small businesses build support in the community, even without all the resources of a larger startup.
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We have to give up on on the delusion that we can have a place that is both great for business, and great at moving cars quickly. To be successful, we need to go all-in on one or the other.
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Here’s a pragmatic way to close the gap between what businesses know they need to thrive and what their cash-strapped cities can actually provide.
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How one urban advocate helped transform a downtown street into a pedestrian-friendly public space— plus tips for how you can do the same in your own city.
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Local and state governments have stepped in to fill the gap for businesses when the federal response was either too slow, too small, or not tailored to the right needs.
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Values-driven businesses have a key leadership role as communities move into the “next normal.” Here are eight things businesses and local communities can do to help get towns and cities back on their feet.
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The coronavirus economy is revealing to us that countless people love and want to support small, local businesses—we just have an economy where we’ve stacked the deck in favor of large chains.
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Nationally, we’re incredibly polarized. But zoom in on the local level—where life happens—and you’ll see we have more bright spots than dark clouds.
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