Building Local Power presents empowering stories and transformative ideas that drive community resilience, equitable economies, and sustainable futures.
In our new season of Building Local Power, The City Series, we take a tour of cities and towns across the U.S. and talk to guests who are working to make their communities more locally self-reliant. Independent business owners, elected city officials, and community leaders explain how their work is moving the needle toward a more just, sustainable, and democratic future.
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A grassroots group in Detroit reimagines democracy and economic empowerment...
Avalon Village is a testament to the resilience of communities and the transformative power of collective action...
A Detroit entrepreneur explains how her pilot projects are building community, local self-reliance, and resilience...
The Detroit People's Food Cooperative represents a vital step towards fostering food sovereignty in a neighborhood historically affected by food...
A Detroit-based bookseller shares the purpose behind her store and its profound impact on the community over the past three...
In our new season of Building Local Power, The City Series, we take a tour of cities and towns across...
A brewer details the struggles faced by smaller breweries in a consolidated beer industry, and highlights the importance of creativity,...
An environmental lawyer and activist calls bigness the most pressing issue in the waste industry. … Read More
A NYC composter fights to fend off Wall Street and invest in the land and her community. … Read More
A determined coalition fights to block a private takeover of the state’s largest utility. … Read More
A community advocacy organization fought to transfer power from a fossil fuel-backed investment firm to community-driven clean energy. … Read...
From the Capitol to K Street, a Wisconsin native finds a home at Consumer Reports advocating for broadband access and...
Sparklight monopolization of East Carroll Parrish prompts leaders to build a fiber-to-the-home network for fast, affordable Internet. … Read More
Communities nationwide proactively address food security by opening grocery stores that adopt innovative ownership, access, and governance approaches. … Read...
Local initiatives are resisting profit-driven mergers by mobilizing their communities and building robust local economies. … Read More
An Ohio pastor leads the charge against the dollar store invasion in his community… Read More
A grocery store owner transforms a food desert into a food oasis… Read More
“The Onion Man” gives a first-hand account of what is driving farmers to extinction… Read More
A fisherman explains how corporations are displacing independent fisherfolk… Read More
Three composters face funding challenges in an effort to foster land stewardship… Read More
A tenant organizer battles profit-focused private equity firms for safe, affordable housing… Read More
An activist mobilizes hundreds of residents in an effort to shut down a coal plant… Read More
A Georgian devotes herself to expanding the rural South’s broadband for better healthcare access… Read More
Two advocates for affordable life-saving drugs share their stories exposing America’s healthcare woes… Read More