All great empires eventually fall. This is as true in retail as it is in geopolitics. In this story, originally published in Common Dreams, ILSR...
On January 12th, 2016 StateTech Magazine delved into the possibility that Newark, Delaware was looking into a community broadband possibility, and their reporters reached out...
On January 9th, 2016, the San Antonio Express-News cited our original research on the benefits of small-scale community banks in the run-up to the 2016...
On January 8th, 2016, Christopher Mitchell was quoted in a story written by Government Technology on the fiber plan that Shawnee, Kansas is enacting to...
On December 27th, 2015, Christopher Mitchell was quoted by the Delaware News Journal on Newark, N.J.’s decision to study public broadband networks. Here’s a sampling:...
The Salt Lake Tribune published this op-ed championing local investment in Internet infrastructure on December 11, 2015. Op-ed: Spanish Fork’s success shows municipal Internet...
The Hill, December 11, 2015 In his 1790 Report on Manufactures, Alexander Hamilton argued that America’s “infant” industries needed to be protected from competitors in...
Governing Magazine, December 2015 With Uber and Airbnb, money flows out of a community. Co-ops could counter that. Propelled by the idea of “the Uber...
Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 28, 2015 If local business owners see a surge in shoppers Saturday, they can thank Barbara Mason. As the county’s economic...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 28, 2015 Shortly after the doors opened on Saturday for the Urban Garage Sale — about the time the disc jockey was cranking...
Portland Phoenix, November 25, 2015 What a difference a year makes, especially in the life of a grocery cooperative. Nearly a decade ago, the Portland...
Sonoma News, November 23, 2015 In 2009, a new independent coffee house opened in downtown Seattle. 15th Ave Coffee & Tea featured heavy wood furniture,...
Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2015 What’s going to happen when a huge incentive to invest in solar power shrinks or vanishes? At the end of...
The Roanoke Daily Herald published this op-ed about local government action for broadband networks on September 25, 2015. We were responding to an earlier Op-Ed,...
Next City, September 16, 2015 If you only pay attention to mainstream media, you might recall advocates for small business sounding like a broken record,...