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Shift Across America: A story of survival and revival
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A story of survival and revival. This grocery store JUST opened in Gentilly, finally giving the residents access to a local food market, nearly 4 years after the flood. Residents there called it a HUGE step forward. In my 36 hours or so in New Orleans, I got to see a LOT of the city, and not once did my feet touch Bourbon Street. My main tour guide (We'll call him Clark), took me to the authentic and local areas instead, and I was glad that he did. He finally made it to the only 3 decker house on the blo...
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Shift Across America: Louis Black (Austin Chronicle & SXSW)
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Louis Black (Austin Chronicle and SXSW). From Portraits of The Shift. Louis Black, Editor - The Austin Chronicle. Co-Founder and Director - South by Southwest ( SXSW. Louis is a great character and was very accomodating in my visit to the Chronicle in Austin, which is one of the most respected Alternative Newsweeklies in the country. Add in the SXSW festival, which is world renowned and 23 years old now, and this was a real score for the project. Thanks Louis! Watch the whole interview:. It wouldn’...
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Shift Across America: Day 8-11 (Leaving Denver and Getting to the Bay)
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Day 8-11 (Leaving Denver and Getting to the Bay). The last day of the BALLE conference was awash with energy. People really feel like this is our time, that the world is ready, open and already listening to our message of sustainability and equity. There are also growing pains. As organizations grow, more and more personalities become involved, more egos, more feelings. I left Denver after we delivered our final presentation on the 10% Shift. People were energized, excited and looking for ways to par...
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Shift Across America: Hardwick, Vermont.
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I'm back home now, and have been advised by a number of people to sleep and start fresh tomorrow, but I am feeling motivated, if not exhausted, through showing my friends and housemates some of this content so I want to share at least some of it with you now. I briefly touched on Hardwick, Vermont in a post from the BALLE conference.but their story needs to be told here in a significant way, so here goes. From Hardwick, Vermont. Owner - Vermont Natural Coatings. 160;and relief milker. Supporting the form...
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Shift Across America: Day 13 (Phoenix)
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I was excited to get to Arizona. As you know, they had some guy from their state just run for some office.he lost. They're an independent type of state, but certainly with a conservative bent. They also boast close to 2,000 members in Local First Arizona. Phoenix had some interesting things going on that I knew little to nothing about:. It's the 5th largest US City. It's SPRAWLED out covering a ton of acreage. In fact, one common theme among the subjects was that Phoenix, for a long time, had no ident...
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Shift Across America: Ben Saren, Citysquares.com
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Ben Saren, Citysquares.com. Portraits of The Shift. Ben Saren, Co-Founder and CEO,. Ben is super-busy these days and we couldn't arrange a live interview, but he has been a supporter of Somerville Local First from Day 1 and I wanted to make sure he was included in this project. Religion or Religious Affiliation:. Co-Founder and CEO at CitySquares.com. How do you view your role in the community? Talk about your relationship with the Local Independent community. Be active in your community. I can absol...
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Shift Across America: The People's Stimulus
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Danny Cottrell, the owner of BMCP, saw this as a huge concern. He wanted his employees to know that, while things weren't great, they weren't "anything to be worried about" and that they weren't going anywhere. So he started thinking about what he could do to set their mind at ease. He had two conditions for this money:. 1 15% had to go to someone who needed it more than they did. 2 The rest of it had to be spent at businesses in Brewton, preferably the Local Independents in town. Today, I spoke to the F...
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Shift Across America: Literally from Coast to Coast
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Literally from Coast to Coast. As I drove over the bridge entering Charleston, I crossed the Atlantic Ocean (I think anyway).two oceans in less than a week.pretty good :). I'm spent from a long drive, but today I met with Danny Cottrell (aka The $2 Dollar Pharmacist. Or Creator of the People's Stimulus). His story will amaze you and touch your heart, but I'm too tired to tell it right now.we'll see him in a day or two. I'm also including this album of photo's from New Orleans:. In 3 weeks, I'll visit ove...
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Shift Across America: The Shift is Coming, The Shift is Coming
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The Shift is Coming, The Shift is Coming. I've got 10 minutes to write this while waiting for a couple of my interview subjects in Mystic, so pardon the rushed nature of the writing. Also, we're way behind on posting updates, but I hope to have New Orleans and a surprise guest up tonight. I don't know what will create that long sought after tipping point for this movement. Maybe its the Local Works study, maybe the 10% Shift, maybe Shift Across America or something someone hasn't even thought of yet&...
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