July 2024 Advocacy Updates
Date postedJune 26, 2024
- New Data: We recently wrapped up our 2024 Member Survey, with more than 60 responses captured. These results help inform our team of what kinds of programming and advocacy efforts matter most to you, and what the community needs at large in order to fulfill our mission. View the summary and key takeaways here.
- Think Local First: The Power of Local Preference Policies in Municipal Procurement // See version published as a letter-to-editor in Post and Courier on June 29, 2024
- Transit Development: A Lowcountry realtor group has joined a team of designers, architects, and strategists to take a look at the need for a range of housing types along the Lowcountry Rapid Transit’s planned track (the ‘missing middle’). (Charleston Regional Business Journal)
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Move Your Money: In celebration of our Invest Local Season (July-Sept) and upcoming Move Your Money Week, some relevant reads: "Why People Are Switching to their Hometown Banks" in Wall Street Journal (see here if you don't have a subscription) // Also see: Banking for the People, an e-book published by Next City + CommonFuture in March 2024
- Read: The Fall and Potential Rise of a Black Business District, a multimedia story by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance