1. AIBA at work for you-and your future
(News & Reports/What's new)

... is mired with lack of information, less than stellar communication and a fair amount of frustration. We are working to make this a transparent process that includes all our residents and to ensure that ...

2. Business alliance urges consumers to shop local
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... Alliance. The alliance, however, has several ideas in mind to encourage residents to support independent businesses, including hosting the seventh annual Austin Unchained challenge on the Saturday after ...

3. It'a s local thing. Independent business alliance gains traction
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... recently created a Facebook page and a Twitter account. It uses the social networking sites as portals for its “How Local Are You?” contest, which asks residents to submit videos and pictures ...

4. The Corporate Co-Opt of Local
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... local residents. That creates a much more stable revenue base. Berkeley hasn't benefited from the temporary boom that a new regional mall might create, but neither has it gone bust.   Can corporations ...

5. How local are you?
(Blog/Blog)

... and in our free directory, “Austin’s Guide to Locally Owned Businesses” which can be found at 100 locations in Austin. We encourage locally owned businesses to join us and residents ...

6. The Media Panel
(Find a Local Business/Media)

... research methods that are always being improved upon. All of our participants are local residents that volunteer and are compensated for their time. ...

7. Local Small-business Owners Hope Trend of Shopping Local Continues in New Year
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... know it was there before,” Sew Much More employee Mary Kay Schwartz said. “We understand that if we buy local we benefit ourselves as residents and as business owners.” The converse ...

8. Revving Up for Slow Times: How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... a call for Austin residents to include small local retailers in their holiday shopping. "Money spent at local Austin businesses stays in the Austin economy and keeps our tax base strong," stated a city ...

9. Shoppers Wanted. Apply Within
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... business, The Peddler Bike Shop at 119 E. North Loop Blvd., has a close relationship with the neighborhood residents. “The people around (the neighborhood) make an effort to come to us. The people ...

10. Off the shelves
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... 13 percent spent at a chain business," Jalifi says. Compared with residents of other cities, Austinites support local businesses, says Bercu, who frequently is invited to speak to business communities ...

11. Wal-Mart Divides to Conquer Big Box Law
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... chairman, but Wal-Mart is ignoring the message officials tried to send when the big-box caps were passed last year. "It violates the intent of the regulation," he said. Local residents who fought the ...

12. Shoppers Urged to Break Free of Chains
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

Independent businesses in two dozen cites joined forces to urge residents to "unchain" themselves on Saturday, November 20, by patronizing only locally owned stores and restaurants that day. The event, ...

13. Austin Study Says City Pays Price for Big-Boxes
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... A recent poll found that 59 percent of Austin residents are concerned about increased big box development and 71 percent think the city should do more to promote the interests of independent businesses ...

14. Business Alliance Study Questions Big Box Benefits
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

Big Box stores that feature lower prices are everywhere. Now a new study shows those low costs come at a price to many local governments and residents in the form of tax dollars. The study was done ...

15. Independents Week Celebrated Nationwide
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... community forum in which residents and business owners talked about the future of Tampa's locally owned businesses and ways to protect the city's character and sense of place. Several local newspaper, ...

16. Celebrating Independents: America's Independent Businesses Have Reasons for Optimism
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... local business coalitions affiliated with AMIBA have formed. In Austin, Texas, the 240-member Austin Independent Business Alliance has blanketed the city with posters calling on residents to "Celebrate ...

17. Local-Only Shopping Day Boosts Austin Business Alliance
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

Austin residents responded enthusiastically to a call by independent retailers to shop exclusively at locally owned businesses on Saturday, November 15. The one-day event, called Austin Unchained, ...