This place is a work horse. It grows small businesses from scratch without recourse to bank loans or government subsidies. It provides products and experiences that are genuinely needed in the community. And it costs almost nothing to create.
Read MoreInstead of subsidizing or regulating our way to the finished state we think we want in our neighborhoods, there s a much more powerful—and achievable—path we can take.
Read MoreJoanna Jurgens, Head of Business Affairs at Sofar Sounds, shares how you can foster a local music scene in your community, including how to awaken that DIY spirit that’s so essential to kickstarting a local music scene, how to identify low risk strategies for creating a venue, and how to get local elected officials involved in the process.
Read MoreSkyler Yost, Ecosystem Builder for the city of York, PA, shares how you can foster entrepreneurship in your community—and create an environment in which entrepreneurs support one another, too.
Read MoreStrong Towns’s own Kea Wilson discusses what her time as a bookseller at Left Bank Books in St. Louis taught her about making local businesses a third place, including what building a third place actually looks like, how third places are more economically resilient, and how you can make your local business a third place.
Read MoreWhy all these new storefronts are sitting vacant.
Read MoreUniversity City, Missouri, is on the verge of a terrible decision: a redevelopment deal that would displace dozens of homes and minority-owned businesses in its unofficial “Chinatown” for big-box retail subsidized through tax-increment financing.
Read MoreSmall businesses are crucial to local economic health. Thriving small businesses create thriving communities, in a virtuous cycle.
Read MoreGas stations and dollar stores have taken the place of the corner store in most neighborhoods. Can this ship be turned around?
Read MoreWhen large storefronts sit empty for years, holding out for the perfect big tenant, while small businesses can’t find space to rent, we’ve got a serious problem.
Read MoreA strong, diversified local business community means a strong, economically prosperous town. But how do you get there?
Read MoreWhy all these new storefronts are sitting vacant.
Read MoreGood food and good community are helping to shape a successful downtown.
Read MoreA unique competition at the University of Akron enables students to realize their entrepreneurship dreams.
Read MoreIt's amazing what we can do when we think small.
Read MoreThere's a big difference between these two types of development and one will create a far better outcome for our cities.
Read MoreHere are 10 things that must happen to create a great small business community.
Read MoreCan this mid-sized city save the American Dream?
Read MoreIn a world where brick-and-mortor stores are increasingly hard to maintain and afford, mobile businesses fill an important niche for both business owners and consumers.
Read MoreEntrepreneurship is a hot word these days. Lots of towns say they would like to attract more entrepreneurs and grow their small business communities. But how do you do it?
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