In 2023, Lowcountry Local First launched its first “Community Business Academy” in the Portuguese language. The 12-week course targeted entrepreneurs living and doing business in Goose Creek, South ...

Permit requirements are meant to make sure rooftop solar installations are safe and comply with local laws. But inconsistent and resource-intensive permitting ...

This episode is the first in our new season of Building Local Power, The New Class, where we are talking to interesting changemakers among the state and local politicians newly elected in November ...

“In the 1970s and ’80s, politicians from both political parties began to abandon small business.” ...

A network of community composters building the movement by connecting early adopters, spreading lessons learned, and inspiring new operations. The Community Composter Coalition is a network of ...

Composting can take place at many levels – backyard, block, neighborhood, schoolyard, community, and regional – and in urban, suburban, and rural areas. There are many methods and sizes. Large-scale ...

In Maryland, the grants could total more than $14 million per year to support local governments, small businesses, non-profits, farmers, schools, and more in their efforts to advance wasted food ...

ILSR's Sue Holmberg discusses her Power Play report outlining the ways monopolies exploit systemic racism and how communities ...

“Much of Walmart’s market dominance can be attributed to its use of this illegal and anti-competitive tactic,” says Stacy Mitchell WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 17, 2025) – Stacy Mitchell, co-executive ...

If you’re involved in an existing composting initiative or interested in supporting composting in your community – whether you are a composter, hauler, regulator, policymaker, local business, urban or ...

The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) established a $42.5 billion federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Internet access grant program. The ...