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Local Organizing Efforts Are Reframing the Digital Divide — Episode 144 of Building Local Power

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Local Organizing Efforts Are Reframing the Digital Divide — Episode 144 of Building Local Power

On this episode of the Building Local Power Podcast, host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by her colleagues on the broadband team, DeAnne Cuellar and...

Report Shows How Local Governments Can Use American Rescue Plan Funding to Focus on Small Business

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Report Shows How Local Governments Can Use American Rescue Plan Funding to Focus on Small Business

ILSR issued a report that shows how local communities can seize the opportunity presented by the American Rescue Plan Act’s funding to rethink their local...

Small Business’s Big Moment

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Small Business’s Big Moment

One of the biggest challenges facing America’s towns and cities is leveling the playing field for small businesses. Our new report shows how civic leaders...

Webinar: Small Business’s Big Moment

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Webinar: Small Business’s Big Moment

On February 10th, 2022, ILSR and Main Street America hosted a conversation about how communities can use some of their federal American Rescue Plan Act...

ILSR’s Year in Review: Shaping Policy to Empower Communities — Episode 142 of Building Local Power

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ILSR’s Year in Review: Shaping Policy to Empower Communities — Episode 142 of Building Local Power

On this episode of Building Local Power, host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by John Farrell, ILSR Co-Director, and Ron Knox, Senior Researcher with ILSR’s...

Voices of 100%: Moab Anchors Utah Community Renewable Energy Program — Episode 145 of Local Energy Rules

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Voices of 100%: Moab Anchors Utah Community Renewable Energy Program — Episode 145 of Local Energy Rules

For this Voices of 100% episode of Local Energy Rules, host John Farrell and guests Mila Dunbar-Irwin and Kalen Jones discuss how, using collective buying...

On Intelligence Squared: Stacy Mitchell Debates, Is Amazon Good for Small Business?

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On Intelligence Squared: Stacy Mitchell Debates, Is Amazon Good for Small Business?

Stacy Mitchell and business journalist Rana Foroohar teamed up for an Intelligence Squared debate to argue how Amazon is bad for small business.… Read More

Local Farms Key to Healthy and Resilient Food Systems — Episode 140 of Building Local Power

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Local Farms Key to Healthy and Resilient Food Systems — Episode 140 of Building Local Power

On this episode of Building Local Power, ILSR’s Linda Bilsens Brolis and Sophia Hosain speak with Emma Jagoz, owner of Moon Valley Farm in Maryland....

Ithaca Races Against the Clock to Decarbonize All Buildings by 2030 — Episode 144 of Local Energy Rules

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Ithaca Races Against the Clock to Decarbonize All Buildings by 2030 — Episode 144 of Local Energy Rules

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Luis Aguirre-Torres discuss Ithaca’s Green New Deal, financing the city’s decarbonization...

Communities Seize the Opportunity to Invest in Local Broadband — Episode 139 of Building Local Power

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Communities Seize the Opportunity to Invest in Local Broadband — Episode 139 of Building Local Power

On this episode of the Building Local Power podcast, host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by two members of ILSR’s Community Broadband Networks initiative: Sean...

Webinar: Investing in Zero Waste Infrastructure

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Webinar: Investing in Zero Waste Infrastructure

ILSR’s Investing in Zero Waste Infrastructure webinar will take place January 18th. … Read More

Voices of 100%: Des Moines Commits to Clean Electricity Around the Clock — Episode 142 of Local Energy Rules

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Voices of 100%: Des Moines Commits to Clean Electricity Around the Clock — Episode 142 of Local Energy Rules

For this Voices of 100% episode of Local Energy Rules, host John Farrell and guests Kari Carney and Josh Mandelbaum discuss Des Moines’s round-the-clock clean...

Cities Use Drone-Flown Cameras To Find Heat Loss, Conserve Energy, and Save Money

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Cities Use Drone-Flown Cameras To Find Heat Loss, Conserve Energy, and Save Money

This post summarizes the initiatives of several communities that, using drones with thermal cameras, have democratized access to information about building heat loss.… Read More

In The American Prospect: Why Congress Must End America’s Merger Free-for-All

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In The American Prospect: Why Congress Must End America’s Merger Free-for-All

Senior Research Ron Knox writes in The American Prospect about how decades of unchecked mergers has killed jobs, suppressed wages, and smothered independent businesses. With...

Drone Data Helps a Minnesota City Conserve Energy — Episode 141 of Local Energy Rules

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Drone Data Helps a Minnesota City Conserve Energy — Episode 141 of Local Energy Rules

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Shannon Mortenson discuss Warren’s first-of-its-kind thermal imaging project, lessons learned from...