San Francisco / Plymouth / Detroit / Vienna / Milwaukee / Boston / Ithaca / Chicago / Neighborgoods / Glenville / OTTAWA / Newark / Philadelphia / Columbus / Burlington Vermont / Cleveland / LYON / Grand Rapids / New York / /
Company
Rising Tide Capital / Sacred Economics Interconnected Capital / Cutting Edge Capital / Consilience LLC / Food Routes Network / NBC / Lowe’s Hardware / Accenture / Accelerating Community Capital / Model Partnerships / S.V.A. Holdings Corporation / Finding Values-Aligned Investment Capital / New Holland Brewing Company / Wilson / Huffington Post / Renewal Partners / Renewal2 Investment Fund / CNN / Movement Resource Group / Sustainable Industries / Local Business Networks / Local First West Michigan / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / Sunset Magazine / Civic Economics / BALLE / Sustain Dane / Lunchtime Films / Sustaining Technologies / Founders Brewing Company / New Resource Bank / Confluence Unlimited / East Hills Neighborhood / Fast Company / Grameen Bank / FEMWORKS LLC / Slow Money Wisconsin / Lake Michigan / The Washington Post / The Berkana Institute / Renewal Partners Company / Herman Miller / The Celerity Group / Ryerson / Business Districts Inc. / Together Music Festival / Sarah Van Aken / Grasslands LLC / BetterWorld Telecom / The Sustainable Business Network / Level 3 Capital Advisors LLC / The Nonprofit Guide / Andersonville Development Corporation / The Democracy Collaborative / Fountain Street Church / Commerce & Andersonville Development Corporation / Zingerman / RSF Social Investment Fund / Ready Distribution / Evergreen Employee/Owner / Bo Burlingham Inc. / New Voice / /
Continent
America / North America / /
Country
Guatemala / Belize / Netherlands / Peru / Honduras / Canada / Austria / United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Reorganization / Person Travel / /
Facility
The Community Store / Rapids Public Library / University of New Mexico / Pantlind Ballroom / Claire’s Restaurant / The Eddy Pub / Mika Music Library / Harvard University / New Jersey City University / Tai Sophia Institute / Wisner-Bottrall Applied Technology Center / Brewery Vivant / Founders Brewery / Building Real Prosperity / Brown University / Goddard College / Amway Grand Plaza Hotel / Tellus Institute / Schumacher College / Aquinas College / Peter’s College / Saxapahaw General Store / Dickinson College / IONIA AVE NW MONROE AVE NW OTTAWA AVE NW The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel / Rockridge Institute / Gerald R. Ford Presidential Ballroom / White Dog Cafe / The Institute / Building Local Business Ecosystems / restaurant COLORS-Detroit / Cooperative Development Institute / Cook Academic Hall / University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School / Capital Institute / Grand Rapids Community College / University of Kentucky’s Appalachian Center / CAMPUS AVE NW / London University / University of Kentucky Appalachian Center / Founder’s Brewery / White Dog Café / Library Street NE Y ST NE / University of Maryland / New Economics Institute / University of Pennsylvania / /
IndustryTerm
local food / food system connectivity / vibrant local food culture / hyper-competitive food marketplace / business networks / food / energy / social media expert / local media ecosystems / food deserts / environmental technology / retail / spent years practicing public relations / legal services / clean energy / manufacturing supply chain business development opportunities / healthy and affordable food / food hub models / food system / media efforts / public education tool / food hub projects / business web platform / news media / black-made products / learning networks / business to business / finance / social media / media placements / local food movement / manufacturing / green energy campaigns / resilient regional food system / media and communications / food hub strategy / financial infrastructure / local food system / gas station / interconnected place-based network / start-up / renewable energy / widespread media recognition / cross-organizational services / internet access platform / voice and data carrier / beverage service / supply chains / /
NaturalFeature
Saranac Lake / Organic Valley / Lake Michigan / /
OperatingSystem
Fork / /
Organization
the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School / Baldy Center for Law & Public Policy / Social Venture Network / NE IA / Esalen and Schumacher College / University of Maryland / Michigan Society of Planning officials / Department of Treasury CDFI Advisory Board / Kailo Fund / European Economic Community / MO NR / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago / CARE / Threshold Foundation / Grace Lee Boggs Center / Wisconsin Community Fund / Economic Development Office / New Mexico Rural Water Association / Occupy Movement / American Sustainable Business Council / City University / Thomas M. Cooley Law School / NT PL / Pentagon / Economic Intelligence / Commission on the Status of Women / Brown University / St. Cecilia Music Society / Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center / Student Center / Governance Committee / Aspen Institute / Evening Party / US Coral Reef Task Force / White House / United Nations / University of Kentucky Appalachian Center / University of New Mexico / Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy / Savory Institute / the University of Kentucky’s Appalachian Center / Clinton Foundation / Land Conservancy of West Michigan / Aquinas College / Dickinson College / We Can / Goddard College / Institute for Policy Studies / Andersonville Chamber of Commerce / Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business / National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers / Cooperative Development Institute / House of Representatives / Rockridge Institute / Calkins Science Center / Lucile Packard Foundation / Mile High Business Alliance / BALLE and AMIBA / USDA / Wallace Center / Development Committee / Association for Enterprise Opportunity / St. Peter’s College / Collaboration Society / Mercy Corps / Tai Sophia Institute / African Leadership Academy’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership / Alternatives Federal Credit Union / Washington State Department / The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston / Harvard University / Grand Rapids Community College / New Economics Institute / New England Local Business Forum / London University / the University of Pennsylvania / Donor Advised Fund / Capital Institute / United States Senate / Institute for the Future / World Bank / Detroit Food Policy Council / Tellus Institute / WINCHESTER PL / Empowerment Experiment Foundation / Fauxgrass Quartet / Surdna Foundation / /
Person
Connie Evans Connie / Rick Chapla / Lynn Benander Lynn / Dania Flores / Ashley Atkinson / Shane Barton Shane / Guy Bazzani / Carol Peppe Hewitt / Clinton / David Brodwin / Kari Bliss / Don Shaffer / Ashley Atkinson Ashley / Shawn Escoffery Shawn / Matt Bauer / Janet Lees / Greg Sundstrom / Shawn Escoffery / Sandy Wiggins / Felice Yeskel / Neal Gorenflo Neal / Nancy Quinn / Matt Raker / Derrell Ness / Alissa Barron As / ION NW OE AV / Michael Shuman / Lincoln Park / Leslie Ackerman Leslie / Deborah Frieze Deborah / Charles Eisenstein Charles / Milla / Jessica Renner / Matt Cunningham Matt / Fred Keller / Radha Singla / MEG WHEATLEY / Andrew Connor / Century / Kenyatta Brame Cascade / Bruce Seifer / Drop Off / Randy Osmun / Ellen Shepard / Ari Weinzweig / Terry Garrett Terry / Rha Goddess / Christine Ageton / Karen Kimbrel / Michelle Long / Matt Cunningham / Grace Lee Boggs / David Brodwin David / Malik Yakini / Tatiana Garcia-Granados / Kari Bliss Kari / Maggie Anderson / Lynn Benander / Elissa Hillary / Charles Eisenstein / Jay Coen Gilbert / Margaret Wheatley / Brian Back As one / Karen Black / Adam Black / Obama / Jerry Greenfield / James Boggs / Deborah Frieze / Ben Cohen Ben / Joe Grafton Joe / PEARL ST NW / Jay Coen Gilbert Jay / Leanne Krueger-Braneky / Jamila Payne / David Levine / Matt Bauer Matt / Karen Black Karen / Adam Black Adam / Oron Benary / Alie Walker / Laury Hammel / David Korten / Maggie Anderson Maggie / JEFF ROSEN / Katrina Scotto di Carlo / James Lee / Leslie Ackerman / Suzanne Keers / Derek Long / Sharon Schneider / Alissa Barron / Stephanie Greenwood / Connie Evans / Judy Wicks / Paul Saginaw / Jamee Haley / John Fisk John / Shane Barton / JOHN ST NE / Grace Lee / Merrian Goggio-Borgeson / Bill Gates / Sr. / Tatiana Garcia-Granados Tatiana / Ben Cohen / Zingerman / NAOMI KLEIN / Addison Medrick / Kimber Lanning / Jim Slama / Gar Alperovitz / Dania Flores Dania / Martin Sorge / Terry Garrett / Heather Van Dusen / Bridget Lane / Timothy Wolf Starr / John Fullerton John / Drake Meadery / Stephanie Ashton / Eleanor Kinney / Gar Alperovitz Gar / Michelle Sandoval / Kimberlee Williams / Joe Grafton / Grant Abert Grant / Chuck Collins Chuck / Christine Ageton As / / /
Position
director / Christine / thought leader / Executive Director / Cofounder / co-president / advocate for local economies / Secretary / founder / activist / writer and speaker / Author / CEO / treasurer / interim executive director and board member / regional planner / director of Business CENTS / Managing Director / Treasurer / Representative / president of the board / cofounder and board member / attorney / advocate for their agendas / co-author and editor / board member / director of the Strong Local Economies Program / founder and executive director / speaker / Program Coordinator / major U.S. social movements / account executive / founding director / interpreter / president and cofounder / social entrepreneur / vice president of marketing at Radius / Prime Minister / local-focused / nonprofit entrepreneur / forensic photographer / commentator for television and radio programs / Professor of Political Economy / President / Vice Chair / strategic counsel / model for business / Marxist historian / entrepreneur / activist / writer and strategist / adjunct professor / supervisor / Cofounder and Board Chair / author / entrepreneur and social activist / Coach / Motor Coach / director of Somerville Local First / Program Manager / sustainable agriculture representative and secretary / journalist and advocate / renowned performance artist / activist and social entrepreneur / co-founder / Communications Manager / Researcher / cofounder and executive director / commentator / Administrative Coordinator and Executive Assistant / chief operating officer / Chairman / coordinator / deputy director / Director / president and owner / Chair / global chair / leader / strategist / activist and social entrepreneur / senior vice president of operations and merchandising / co-editor / past president / world renowned performance artist / activist and social entrepreneur / the deputy director of the New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative / member / immediate past president / /
Product
Back / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / New Mexico / Nova Scotia / Arizona / Kentucky / New Jersey / Wisconsin / Pennsylvania / Delaware / New York / Michigan / Georgia / Maryland / /
PublishedMedium
Fast Company / the NBC Nightly News / The Nonprofit Guide / The Washington Post / The Source / Time Magazine / YES! Magazine / /
RadioStation
Nova / Wine / /
Region
Eastern Kentucky / southern New England / West Michigan / eastern New York / New England / Northern Colorado / /
Technology
Wisner-Bottrall Applied Technology / cell phones / AV / /
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