San Francisco has one-third as many chain stores as the national average. That’s thanks in large part to a city ordinance that restricts “formula” businesses. We talk with AnMarie Rodgers, senior policy advisor to the city’s planning department, about how the city implemented the policy, how it works, and what advice she has for other cities that want to do it too.… Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell October 17, 2017 Media Outlet: Morning Consult In a poll of American adults, Morning Consult found that majorities of each subgroup were generally favorable to Amazon locating its second headquarters to their community, “including 72 percent each of suburbanites and urbanites and 70 percent of rural dwellers.” However, as Joanna Piacenza from the Morning … Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell October 17, 2017 Media Outlet: Michigan Radio Michigan state representative Michele Hoitenga (R-Manton), introduced a bill into the state legislature that would cut off all possible funding (federal, state, and local) that communities could invest in bettering their connectivity. This revelation set of a firestorm of publicity against the bill and Virginia Gordan … Read More
Freshman representative Michele Hoitenga introduced a bill that would limit local, state, and federal investment in any kind of municipal broadband Internet service — harming the possibilities of local economic development.… Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell October 15, 2017 Media Outlet: The New York Times The tech giant Amazon has come under quite a bit of criticism as of late. At The New York Times,tech reporter Cecilia Kang covers how Amazon is responding to this criticism, by heavily increasing their lobbying efforts. In this story, our own co-director and the … Read More
In this episode of the Building Local Power podcast, ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell sits down with Barry Lynn, head of the Open Markets Institute, to talk about how we fight concentrated corporate power and its impact on our liberty and democracy.… Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell September 30, 2017 Media Outlet: The Capital Institute The Capital Institute’s mission is to search “for a new narrative that will illuminate how our economy and financial system can operate to promote a more just, regenerative, and thus sustainable way of living on this earth.” In that spirit, the Capital Institute’s Future … Read More
The webinar covered the pros and cons of worker-owned cooperatives and social enterprises, and some tips on getting started.… Read More
