Jersey City has taken steps to check the cycle of chain store dominance. They've instead built a model that allows for opportunity for local entrepreneurs.
In this 20-minute talk, ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell looks at why cities need independent businesses, and also at some of the issues that are facing these...
To help city leaders address the challenges facing independent businesses, ILSR organized a workshop at the National League of Cities' City Summit 2017 conference.
When you choose locally owned businesses for your shopping, you create a ripple effect. Our new infographic shows what happens when you shop local.
Independent businesses are among the best engines that cities have for advancing economic opportunity. But they’re disappearing in many places. This isn’t, in large part,...
Amazon's continues to expand its revenue and market share. But new analysis suggests that Amazon's expansion comes at a high cost to working people.
Amazon is undermining competition and reshaping the U.S. economy in ways that curtail opportunities for small businesses, reduce jobs and wages, and much more.
Since 1997, it has been “unlawful to deposit yard waste, including grass clippings and leaves, in a solid waste facility in West Virginia.” This government...
Stacy Mitchell spoke about policy to shape the next phase of the local economy movement in this presentation at the 2016 ABA Winter Institute.
Amazon is on a building spree, and many local officials are eager to bring one of its giant fulfillment centers to their own backyard. But a...
Amazon fulfillment centers impose so many hidden costs on local economies that cities ought to reconsider welcoming them at all, much less greasing the way...
There are a lot of utility-sponsored legislative and regulatory attacks on solar energy lately, and we put together this infographic to help the Missouri Solar...
There’s an emerging model that offers a glimpse of a new, better way for communities to generate economic development. It’s called a real estate investment...
Independent businesses are poised to draw more people this holiday season. To illustrate the ways that local businesses are growing in popularity, delivering stronger economic returns,...
This panel, held on October 17, 2014, as part of New Economy Week, raises the question: “How can we support neighborhoods, cities, towns, and regions...