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The Incentive of Building Local

Michelle Long | Posted 12.14.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Tax Incentives, Local Businesses, Small Business, Social Innovation, Local Food, Localists, State and Local Government, Localism, Jobs, Small Business News and Trends, Local Retail, Job Creation, Local Restaurants, Social Innovators, Impact Investing, Small Business News
Michelle Long

When communities spend scarce funds attracting jobs that don't exist, everyone loses. The taxpayer, schools, local and private sector employers are out millions of dollars and have nothing to show for it. Are there any alternatives?

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This Guy Is Probably The Nicest Banker In America

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.23.2012 | Home
Read More: Small Businesses, Local Businesses, Video, Wall Street, Community Banks, New York State, Patrick Cullen, Cattaraugus, Local Banks, Big Banks, Small Banks, Credit Unions, Home News

If you were going to sit down and design the opposite of a Wall Street banker, you would probably come up with someone like Patrick Cullen. Cullen ...

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Thinking Outside The Shirt Box: Give The Gift Of Service

blog.aarp.org | Posted 12.22.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Holidays, Community Service, Local Businesses, Volunteering, Giving Back, Service, Local-Shopping, Volunteers, Volunteerism, Giving Back to the Community, Local Business, Fifty News

Do you remember when you were a child and the Sears catalog would arrive right before the holidays and you, or at least I would, go through and circle...

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No Black Friday

Laura Munson | Posted 01.22.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Greed, Small Business, Consumerism, Local Economy, Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Community, Local Businesses, Holiday Shopping, No Black Friday, Mindfulness, Say No to Black Friday, Healthy Living News
Laura Munson

This holiday season, I want us to stop. I want us to continue the gratitude of the day before. I want us to sleep in and maybe take a walk into town later to see what the local shops have for sale. Even if it costs a bit more.

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Franchise Identity: How Local Is IHOP?

The Huffington Post | Michael Grass | Posted 12.19.2011 | DC
Read More: DC Restaurants, Local Businesses, Video, Ihop, International House of Pancakes, District of Columbia, Wheaton Urban District, Wheaton, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Is IHOP a local business or a national chain? Or both? In suburban Wheaton, the owner of a IHOP franchise is upset that he wasn't invite...

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Pioneers of the New Normal

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: New Normal, Local Businesses, CEO Pay, Natural Resources, Economy, Resilience, Green Energy, Gulf Oil Spill, Transition, Wall Street, Michael Klare, Local Food, Local Economies, Water, Credit Union, Cheap Oil, Oil Prices, Economic Recovery, Climate Change, Home News
Sarah van Gelder

Americans are facing a troubling reality. The economic recovery we were promised has not materialized. There's growing talk about a "new normal"--a ne...

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Why SMX Echo is the Leading Multicultural Social Media Monitoring Tool

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Dialogue, Local Businesses, Hispanic Market, Strategic Planning, Public Relations Professionals, Communication Paradigm, English Spanish, Target, Partnerships, Marketers, Xerox, Conversations, American Express, Media Channels, Demonstration, Cnn, American Chamber of Commerce, Driven Person, Market Intelligence, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

I had the great pleasure of meeting Claudia Goffan about a year ago. I quickly realized that Claudia was an incredibly talented and driven person. Sh...

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Sustainable Valentine's Day

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Vegan Condoms, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Local Businesses, St. Valentine, Sustainable Valentine's Day, Victoria's Secret, Economy, February 14th, Eatwell Guide, Valentine's Day Ideas, Recycled Paper, Crayola Crayons, Amazon, Hallmark, France, Organic Lubricant, Local Produce, Birth Control, Organic Chocolate, Takepart, Organic Lingerie, Safe Sex, Valentine's Day, Organic Champage, Champage, Fair-Trade Chocolate, Shakespeare, International Quirky Alone Day, Green News
Sarah Newman

Whatever your take is on February 14th, it's an opportunity to actually not spend much money (and who has any left to spend in this economy?) and make it a sustainable day.

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California Gay Marriage Ban Bad For Business

NY Times | JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Local Businesses, Proposition 8, California, Gay Marriage, Weddings, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO -- A week before Election Day, Christopher Burnett's floral shop filled an order for one of the many same-sex weddings he has worked in ...

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