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At the Local Business Institute, we don’t refer to businesses as the classic B to B (Business to Business) or B to C (Business to Consumer). We...

I have always sought to live a life of meaning that delivered fulfillment for me and contributions to others. Most often this has been focused...

As local businesses, we’ve learned resilience. In fact, we all probably have a PhD in resilience, at least those of us who survived—make that...

The economic health of America lies not in the accumulation of individual wealth but in the greater exchange of dollars in local communities...

The pandemic has brought out the best and the worst of us. Or as my father used to say about Louisiana politics, both cream and scum rise to...

We are all anxious to leave this pandemic-ridden world and return to some form of normalcy. The community of friends and commerce where our...