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Jul. 21, 2008 Communities Celebrate Independents Week
A Buy Local parade float, a Go Local challenge, and a Declaration of Independents were just a few of the ways more than 40 local business alliances celebrated Independents Week and triggered a flood of media coverage for the cause.
Jun. 19, 2008 Sharp Rise in Shopping Center Vacancies
 The number of shuttered box stores and empty strip malls has expanded dramatically over the last six months, according to data compiled by commercial real estate brokers and investment advisors. And the situation is likely to get much worse.
Jul. 19, 2008 Low prices, but at what cost?
by Stacy Mitchell, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Starting a small business or getting a union production job provided a living for generations of Americans. No other company has done more to erode this path to a middle-class life than Wal-Mart.
Jun. 20, 2008 Bigger bang from independents' bucks
by Stacy Mitchell and Jim Gile, Albany Times-Union
Jun. 12, 2008 CD: Catalyzing Your Own "Buy Local" Movement
This CD contains 130 slides synched with audio from a presentation given at the National Main Streets Conference in Philadelphia on April 1, 2008.
May. 9, 2008 Community-Owned Stores
by Stacy Mitchell, Forum News, May-June 2008
This article is reproduced with permission from the National Trust's Forum.
Apr. 25, 2008 Wal-Mart Takes Greenwashing to a New Level
 by Stacy Mitchell, Beacon Broadside
One company has developed a far more sophisticated and dangerous approach to manipulating environmental sentiment.
Mar. 18, 2008 Buy Local Slide Show
 Watch our online slide show of examples of how of how communities nationwide are promoting the importance of supporting locally owned businesses.
Mar. 11, 2008 Radio Podcast: The Big-Box Swindle
A one-hour podcast from the Mark Johnson Show on WDEV (in three parts).
Mar. 1, 2008 Resources from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
This flyer provides an overview of the web sites and other resources on local business and big-box retail offered by ILSR. Please feel free to copy and distribute.
Mar. 1, 2008 Visit Big Box Tool Kit!
 ILSR's online resource center to help citizens beat the big boxes and chart a new course for economic development in their communities.
Dec. 1, 2007 CD-ROM: Regulating Big Box Retail
A session from the American Planning Association's 2007 conference. Presenters were Thomas Jacobson, Stacy Mitchell, and Julie Tappendorf. CD-ROM includes audio synchronized with PowerPoint, transcripts and slides, note sheets, and reading materials.
Aug. 24, 2007 Declaration of Independents
Lecture delivered by Stacy Mitchell at the 26th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Jun. 18, 2007 DVD: Stacy Mitchell Talks about the Big-Box Swindle
DVD of ILSR's Stacy Mitchell giving a talk in Nov. 2006 about the hidden costs of big-box retail and what communities can do to rebuild local businesses. The event was sponsored by Local First Utah and filmed by Salt Lake City Television. (1 hr, 4 min)
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