BALLE

Deadline Jan. 12th - 2010 Independent Retailer Study

Submitted by Dawn Yukus on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 11:55pm

Study Will Highlight Impacts of "Local First" and "Buy Local" Campaigns

Please participate in the 2010 Independent Business Survey conducted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance! It takes just 5-10 minutes as it only has a handful of brief questions. You can access the survey online by clicking here. Further details about the survey are below.

The survey closes tomorrow, Tuesday, January 12th at midnight Pacific time. Thus far, the survey has 300 fewer business respondents than in 2009.

Study Finds Growing Competitiveness for Community Food Enterprises (CFEs)

Submitted by Dawn Yukus on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 4:52pm

3BLMedia/theCSRfeed

December 9, 2009

Wallace Center at Winrock International and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) announce the release of Community Food Enterprise: Local Success in a Global Marketplace, a groundbreaking study of 24 locally owned food businesses. These community food enterprises (CFEs) appear poised for sustainable growth and competitiveness both locally and globally. A companion website at www.communityfoodenterprise.org offers additional findings and analysis.

Can 10 percent be the solution?

Submitted by Dawn Yukus on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 5:29pm

Groups say a small share of consumer spending can save local businesses

By Katheleen Conti
Boston Globe Staff / June 11, 2009

What can communities do to come out of the economic crisis?

Submitted by Mickki Langston on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 11:51pm

Today the BALLE networks participated in a conference call with Doug Hammond (the new E.D. of BALLE) and Michael H. Shuman, author of Going Local and The Small-mart Revolution. Here are some highlights/notes from the call:

There are four primary issues facing our communities and economy:

Rising oil / energy costs
Climate Change
Value of dollar decreasing
Recent Financial Crisis

Save the Date! BALLE conference coming to Denver!

Submitted by Mickki Langston on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 6:03pm

We are really excited to announce that the national BALLE organization (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) will hold their annual conference in Denver next year. This is a Really Big Deal, as the national conference brings together entrepreneurs, local business networks and others to learn from one another ways to create thriving local economies. We have a unique opportunity to showcase the brilliant, innovative businesses who add so much to our community. To follow is the announcement from the BALLE staff: