The winter took a brutal toll on American small businesses. Here’s a look at what small businesses are facing now, and how you can help.
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Cities are learning they must be able to flex and bend with the rising tides of change.
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Accessory Commercial Units spur entrepreneurship and build a city’s prosperity. The problem? Many zoning laws make them functionally illegal.
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Why were small businesses on such weak footing even before the pandemic?
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How one community leader is giving back to his community by creating an indoor market and food hall.
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The challenges facing small businesses require solutions that respond to the real needs (and assets) of the community. Here’s one such solution.
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Local and state governments have stepped in to fill the gap for businesses when the federal response was either too slow, too small, or not tailored to the right needs.
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In the inaugural episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution, we meet a business owner in Milwaukee who is providing a platform for other local entrepreneurs, while boosting the physical and mental wellbeing of his neighborhood.
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Outdoor dining proved to be a lifeline for many restaurants and coffee shops during the warm summer months. What will restaurants do as the weather turns colder and wetter?
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Accessory Commercial Units spur entrepreneurship and build a city’s prosperity. The problem? Many zoning laws make them functionally illegal.
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In many cities, supply of commercial spaces far outstripped demand even before the pandemic. Clustering businesses together can be good for consumers, good for business owners, and good for landlords too.
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Cities all over the world are adapting to give small businesses the best chance to survive the COVID-19 crisis. Will your town or city do the same?
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Texas has set aside $50 million in forgivable loans to help its 2.7 million small businesses. That’s less than 20 bucks apiece. An urban designer in Dallas knows where the state can get $15 billion more.
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The coronavirus economy is revealing to us that countless people love and want to support small, local businesses—we just have an economy where we’ve stacked the deck in favor of large chains.
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The four “gears” that drive a strong community in normal times are the same ones that will move towns and cities forward after the COVID-19 crisis.
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Five bold strategies to prioritize and jumpstart economies in resort communities.
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Coffee shops have a lot to teach us about our neighborhoods and the people we share them with. Here are three of them.
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A street cart, food truck, or pop-up stall is the lowest possible bar to entry for an entrepreneur with a dream. As this kind of retail blossoms in our cities, let’s make sure we don’t kill the golden goose by imposing too much order on a phenomenon that thrives on a little bit of chaos.
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Building a Strong Town will require people who can lead with humility, creativity, and intelligence. We needed someone to write a book for these kinds of leaders. Now someone has.
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