Here are the ten short-and-sweet reasons why supporting independent businesses is critical to the well-being of our communities and our economy.
Post this around town, and share it on social media. We can all do our part to help support small businesses weather the Covid-19 pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has created a crisis for America’s locally owned businesses, the backbone of the nation’s economy. Here are some things you can do.
ILSR — together with national and local small business organizations — has a proposal for how the federal government should help small businesses survive the...
Small businesses are finding creative ways to stay afloat during the pandemic. Here are additional resources they can use to survive this crisis.
We separate 5G fantasy from reality in a new fact sheet. … Read More
Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices is designed to support community-scale composters in successfully managing their composting process and site, with...
Local governments spend billions on all sorts of infrastructure every year to advance the public good for their communities. We’ve developed a fact sheet to...
New research from ILSR documents the rapid rise of dollar stores and their damaging effects on the local economies of cities and small towns.
As interest in publicly owned broadband network infrastructure increases, local communities seek out new ways to fund municipal networks. The Creative Funding Sources For Fiber Infrastructure fact...
ILSR prepared this Guide to Composting Onsite at Schools to introduce the basics of onsite composting at K-12 schools that have been equipped with 2-...
Municipal elections often fall off the radar during national ones, but cities retain a surprising amount of power over their energy future. What can you...
As a nation our goal is ubiquitous broadband coverage so every person, regardless of where they live, can obtain the fast, affordable, reliable Internet access...
A resource page tailored to independent office product dealers interested in exploring and understanding the impacts Amazon has on procurement and their business and sector.
Here are five important reasons for local officials to support independent businesses, based on a growing body of research.… Read More