The Salt Lake Tribune, December 2, 2012 Both public and private fiber-optic networks commonly borrow heavily as they build infrastructure and develop a viable subscriber base, several industry observers said. “When you build a network like this, it takes a minimum of several years of spending a lot of money before you start to get it … Read More
Neighborhood Notes, November 25, 2012 Portland’s Occupy movement and like-minded activists around the nation have highlighted, using various methods, the benefits of transitioning from big banking to small during the last 12 months. And while some 6 million Americans have switched “their banking business from corporate-level, for-profit banking institutions to not-for-profit credit unions that strive to … Read More
The Tennessean, November 23, 2012 Joel and Leah Larabell aren’t opening their doors early or offering Black Friday “doorbuster” deals to draw customers to their shop today. Instead, they’re counting on $2.50 cups of herbal tea and good customer service to build business at their East Nashville herbal shop, High Garden. “We’re using more of an … Read More
Aitkin Age, November 21, 2012 There’s nothing small about the effect small businesses have on the community. That’s not just according to the owners of those businesses. There’s a whole “shop local” movement taking root across the state and throughout the country and experts on that movement agree what’s good for local business is good for … Read More
San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 2012 Bay Area consumers increasingly put their money where their homes are, as the “shop local” movement continues to gain traction. More people here and nationwide choose to spend their hard-earned cash on goods that are made and sold in their communities, part of a growing trend that’s transcended its grassroots … Read More
Government Technology, November 21, 2012 A small town nestled away in southern Minnesota doesn’t sound like the description of a high-tech battleground between local government and Internet service providers. But that’s reality in Winthrop, Minn. (pop 1,400), where the city’s fight to light up a municipally-owned broadband network is the latest skirmish in a national war … Read More
eTopia, November 19, 2012 An eTopia News interview with ILSR Senior Researcher John Farrell. John describes how renewable energy, by its nature, decentralizes the generation of energy and that the dispersion of power generation means local ownership is a natural complement to renewable energy, expanding both its economic and political impact. Click below to watch the … Read More
Inside Climate News, November 15, 2012 The Abbey of St. Peter in the Black Forest has had its ups and downs since its founding in 1090. It burned to the ground in 1238. It was rebuilt, only to be destroyed by fire in 1437, establishing a pattern that would be repeated for several centuries. In 1727, … Read More
New York Times, November 15, 2012 Carlene O’Garro’s cake business was barely a month old when she arrived at the Samuel Adams brewery in South Boston recently to meet with business counselors, but she brought with her an agenda that hinted at outsize ambitions. Ms. O’Garro bakes nondairy cheesecakes that she was selling at a handful … Read More
