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Choose to Live Local: A Fall Campaign for You
From the Subscribe Always thinking of everything is exhausting. There I said it. You know it and I do too. Whether you are a local nonprofit...
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LFC: Collaborating for Local Business
More than twenty years ago, the Shop Local Movement began in earnest to highlight the importance of shopping locally and to build sustainable...
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LFC: We’re Now a Small Business Rising Partner. Here’s Why.
I’ve long been involved with advocacy for local business. From the local City Hall to the office of the US President, I’ve worked...
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LFC: Tools We Use: Ai
We’re all using Ai in may forms both directly and indirectly and it’s used extensively in everything from manufacturing to...
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LFC: Localist News Across the Nation
ILSR 50 Works, 50 Years As ILSR reflects on its 50 years of work by presenting a set of our 50 most important contributions to the advancement...
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LFC: A Cautionary Facebook Tale
I wanted to share a recent Facebook calamity in the hopes of preventing others enduring a similar experience. Facebook (or Meta) has a couple...
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LFC: NEW! Resources for You!
The Local Business Institute hosts the LBI Virtual Campus with many resources for local organizations and local businesses. A new resource on...
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Independent We Stand and the Local Business Institute Unite!
I have long supported local business. First in Austin, Texas as co-founder of the Austin Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) and then...
Read moreSupport for Small Businesses Is at an All-Time High. Let’s Keep it That Way.
Long hailed by elected officials as “the backbone of the American economy,” small businesses are receiving renewed attention in the wake of the...
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