To commemorate David Morris's life and work after his sudden passing, we're re-releasing a 2017 interview about local power ...

We are deeply saddened to share that David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice ...

David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice in the movement toward community-based economics, has died at 79. His five-decade career positioned him as one ...

NSR Composter Training Program Community-based composting can happen at schools, churches, community gardens, farms and other community venues. It is an effective way to engage youth, gardeners, and ...

Local Policy Matters: How to Grow Independent Businesses in Your City This toolkit offers independent business owners concrete tips for engaging with their city officials and advocating for policies ...

Citizens and civic leaders have very good reasons to be concerned about chain dollar stores and their impacts on their communities. Here are 17 of the most common problems that chain dollar stores ...

Dr. Chandrasekher’s paper, “The ‘Good’ Starbucks: Consumer Redlining in Large American Chain Stores” aims to find the cause of this phenomenon. Inspired by her own experience shopping at two Target ...

In this episode of Building Local Power, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz addresses this destruction and the long-overdue promises of renewal. With $22 million in federal funds now aimed at ...

Click on image to download the fact sheet. This factsheet details the ways in which Amazon abuses its market dominance to harm smaller competitors, and what Congress needs to do. View it as a PDF.

Your last one, huh? Wow. I’ve probably exhausted all of the words I can say about what you’ve meant to this podcast and to me personally and professionally. But I think the one thing I’ll add for our ...

The pens are the best of the best with legions of devoted pen users returning again and again for all their pen needs. Your local government has budgeted $1 million for a major pen purchase. Despite ...