Chicago City Council has voted to enact an ordinance that will limit development of new chain dollar stores, the largest city yet to do so.
“Eliminating food deserts requires many solutions. But there is one absolutely essential action: preventing dollar stores from proliferating,” Tulsa City Council Member Vanessa Hall-Harper and...
From mobile markets to refrigerated food pick-up lockers, communities are exploring new approaches to making sure their residents have convenient, affordable access to healthy food.
On The Hustle, Kennedy Smith spells out why dollar stores are so problematic for our pocketbooks and our communities.
In Nonprofit Quarterly, ILSR Senior Researcher Kennedy Smith describes the federal Equitable Lending Leaders program and some of its biggest lessons.… Read More
Communities are adopting innovative strategies to sustain their grocery stores or create new ones amidst the challenges posed by grocery sector consolidation.
ILSR investigates how dollar store chains are using predatory tactics to kill off grocery stores and other local businesses, harming rural and urban communities alike.
Over 75 cities and towns have defeated dollar store projects recently. Our guide can help you keep these chains out of your community.
Community leaders have good reason to be concerned about chain dollar stores. Here's an explanation of 17 ways dollar stores can hurt communities.
ILSR and Recast City have collaborated on Equitable Lending Leaders, a program to help small business lending programs reach underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Kennedy Smith joined Wisconsin Public Radio to talk about how food delivery apps are using their market power to extract ever-increasing profits from restaurants.
ILSR's new report shows how civic leaders can use the American Rescue Plan to level the playing field and provide local economies with economic benefits.
A conversation between ILSR and Main Street America based on ILSR's new report outlining ideas for using American Rescue Plan money to support small businesses.
ILSR's Kennedy Smith moderated a panel about how cities can leverage federal recovery funds to revitalize their commercial districts, create small businesses, and reduce inequality.
In Governing, ILSR's Kennedy Smith and Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty examine how cities can create affordable space for local businesses and support entrepreneurship.