Local Business

Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE)

Building long-term economic empowerment and prosperity in communities through local business ownership, economic justice, cultural diversity and a healthy natural environment.

American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA)

Coalition of locally-owned independent businesses, citizens and community organizations united to support home town businesses in a community or geographic region.

Andersonville Study of Retail Economics

The study quoted at the beginning of this section

Benefits of Doing Business Locally

Benefits to communities and citizens in patronizing local businesses

Buying Local and the Circulating Dollar

Often local business prices are lower than chain stores, and the money you spend there stays in the community.

Local Ownership Pays Off for Communities

Financial benefits to the community of locally-owned businesses

The Home Town Advantage

Reviving Locally-Owned Business - From the New Rules Project