Biba: Boulder's Independent Businesses--Boulder Independent Business Alliance


	Boulder Co-op Market Boulder/Denver Couriers, Inc. Hedgerow Farm

Hedgerow Farm
Services: Hedgerow Farm produces locally grown organic vegetables, flowers, and fruits made available to Community Supported Agriculture members, local restaurants, and florists. We also offer classes. Community Card Benefit:	Location: 8328 Valmont, Boulder Hours: Phone: 303-666-6397
http://www.naropa.edu/sustainableagriculture.html

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	Homegrown Economics: How Boulder Businesses are staying ahead of chains by Stacy Mitchell This widely visible symbol—two arrows circling into each other, much like the mark on a recyclable container—is the logo for the Boulder Independent Business Alliance (BIBA), a pioneering coalition of nearly 150 locally owned businesses determined to defend the city’s homegrown economy from takeover by out-of-town chains. Like everything BIBA does, the logo conveys an important lesson in community economics: Compared to their chain competitors, locally owned businesses recycle a higher percentage of their revenue and profits back into the local economy. Featured in the Autumn 2001 issue of Orion Afield Republished in the May 2002 issue of Utne Reader
	Best Boulder Shopping Deal --WestWord Community Benefit Card Boulder Independent Business Alliance Featured in Westword April 2002
Why not to have a Wal-Mart in Boulder, a business perspective By Xian Izquierdo, Executive Director As Boulder's Comprehensive Plan illustrates and history defends, Boulder maintains the crucial balance between the varied interests of business and the need for residential and recreational land uses. Over the last 20 years, citizens of Boulder have faced the national question of allowing "big-box retail" stores to monopolize lion-sized shares of land, and citizens and officials have consistently answered no. published, Boulder County Business Report, Column August 9th pdf version: download (81.8 KB)

The Reality Behind Locally-Owned and Operated
by Nate Luce, Director of Education and Advocacy
A new trend in the Boulder business community is to promote ones venture as "Locally owned and operated." The philosophy behind the statement is noble: the locally owned and operated stores provide a slice of community spirit in a McWorld of multinational corporations and brand name inundation. It puts a face behind the opaque corporate name, with the hopes of instilling comfort into the consumer.
published, Colorado Daily, Op-ed May 09, 2002
published, Daily Camera, Guest Opinion: June 09, 2002

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