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VIDEO: Instilling Local Pride – using video to instill pride in the unique people and places in your community (5 min.)
Videos | June 5, 2013
Video can be a powerful way to instill pride in your city. Check out New Dream's compilation of local pride videos from around the country.
ACTION KIT: Guide to Going Local – tips for building stronger, healthier, and more vibrant communities
Resources | August 13, 2013
The Guide to Going Local is full of ideas and advice on how to strengthen the local economy in your town: through buying local, highlighting new entrepreneurs, instilling local pride, investing locally, and more.
Celebrate Independence: Find the Local Love
Blog | by Terra Wellington | July 3, 2012
Grassroots businesses are all about a sense of place and sharing. Isn’t this how it used to be? Or maybe, how we’d like it to be.
Can Investing Locally Give Us a Better Return on Our Money?
Blog | by Lisa Mastny | June 21, 2012
Is it possible to invest our money directly in our communities while also seeing a healthy monetary return? A new book says yes.
Local Food Hub Brings Fresh, Healthy Food to Virginia’s Heartland
Blog | by Kristen Suokko and Emily Manley | October 23, 2012
Charlottesville's Local Food Hub has a mission: to fix a broken food system by reconnecting local farmers, families, and food grown close to home.
VIDEO: Local Entrepreneur Showcase – helping local entrepreneurs connect with funders in their community (5 min.)
Videos | June 17, 2013
In this video, New Dream highlights an Entrepreneur Showcase hosted by Seacoast Local in Portsmouth, NH.
Etsy Goes Beyond Online Sales to Support Local Economies
Blog | by Krislyn Placide | October 24, 2012
Many of us know Etsy as a crafting and vintage sale website. But the Brooklyn-based company also supports entrepreneurs and communities directly.
How the Pandemic Helped Me Rediscover Local Markets
Blog | by Kelley Dennings | June 9, 2020
Kelley Dennings shares how the challenges of grocery shopping during a pandemic reconnected her to local markets, and prompted an innovative yet old-fashioned approach to finding toilet paper.
WEBINAR: Pitchfests – Promoting Local Business Investment Through Entrepreneur Showcases
Webinars | January 27, 2014
Pitchfests are fun events where local entrepreneurs connect with everyday investors. Watch this webinar recording to learn more about how to organize a pitchfest in your own community.
How I Helped Set Up a Local Permaculture Park: Q&A with Neighborhood Challenge Winner Josh Dolan
Blog | by New Dream | January 5, 2016
Learn more about Dolan's effort to establish a Permaculture Park Project in Ithaca, New York.
VIDEO: Organizing a Cash Mob – a fun way to bring people together to support local businesses (5 min.)
Videos | June 17, 2013
Join New Dream as we visit a cash mob for a local shop in Roanoke, VA.
VIDEO: From Pop-up to Permanent — using pop-up retail to revitalize local neighborhoods (5 min.)
Videos | July 17, 2013
New Dream profiles popuphood in Oakland, CA, which uses pop-up retail to revitalize local neighborhoods.
Navigating Your Local Thrift Store, the Land of Misfit Toys
Blog | by Kim | July 17, 2008
How We Started a Holiday Share Faire to Build Local Resilience and Create Community
Blog | by Rani Jayakumar | November 17, 2017
Learn how one California group is boosting local resilience and strengthening community ties by sharing stuff, skills, memories, and stories.
How Sara Day Evans Is Working With Local Businesses and Growers to “Accelerate Appalachia” in an Equitable and Regenerative Way
Blog | by New Dream | March 19, 2019
In this interview, Sara Day provides her thoughts on the connections between agriculture, equity, and consumption—and what we can do, as individuals and communities, to tackle these important issues.