Institute for Local Self-Reliance

How do independent businesses help build resilient societies that thrive within planetary boundaries and create a flourishing future for generations to come?

Join us for a conversation with Kennedy Smith, a senior researcher with the Independent Business Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR).

ILSR helps community leaders and local activists by encouraging civic leaders to adopt policies and programs that support independent businesses, shifting power from corporate chain stores, to independent suppliers and community-centered businesses.

Kennedy has years of on-the-ground experience helping towns and cities throughout North America build vibrant downtowns and neighborhood commercial centers.

Named one of nation’s 100 Most Influential Urbanists and Top Urban Thinkers by Planetizen, Kennedy will share insights from ILSR’s work, and engage in open conversation about how California communities can find solutions to tough revitalization and business development challenges.

This event is part of the Global Reclaim the Economy Week

Hosted by Kirsten Maynard

To sign up for the event, please click HERE