The Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) promotes the community's truly local businesses that meet unique needs, create and define our culture and landscape, and provide economic stability and growth. Keep Tampa authentic - LOCAL FIRST!
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- 2004
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- TIBA MEMBER MIXER - wannabes w...
V Spicery (just west of Alessi bakery)
Wednesday, December 9 at 6:00pm - AMERICA UNCHAINED
across the continent...
Saturday, November 21 at 12:05am - TIBA Member Mixer
The Bungalow Bistro
Tuesday, October 20 at 5:30pm - TIBA MEMBER MIXER
Mise en Place Restaurant
Tuesday, September 15 at 5:00pm - INDEPENDENTS WEEK
TIBA member businesses
Wednesday, July 1 at 12:05am
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) Join VSpicery and Tampa Independent Business Alliance members for some holiday snacks, beverages and mingling - to help bring in some jingle!
Time:6:00PM Wednesday, December 9th
Location:V Spicery (just west of Alessi bakery)
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA)
Here's the reply from Carla Jimenez to today's St Pete Times column asking Santa for jobs:
Unless the gifts under the Christmas tree are purchased with dollars spent locally, asking Santa for more jobs is hypocritical. With $50 spent at a locally owned independent business, $22.50 stays here; with $50 spent at a nationa...l chain, $6.50 stays here; with $50 spent online with no sales tax collected, $0.00 stays here. That adds up to a lot of jobs, as well as a lot of schools and parks and fire engines - and a lot more dollars available for giving to family, friends, and our neediest neighbors. Santa knows if you've been good or bad, so do the math and be good for goodness sake...
www.tampabay.com
The too-high unemployment rate suddenly means creating jobs is Job One. While last week's White House job summit wrestled with how to make it happen, temp agencies like Robert Half International in Florida ...
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) A wonderful contributor to Open Salon (full disclosure: it's Carla Jimenez' brother) chose the good topic of America Unchained! for yesterday's post. Check it out - and the encouraging comments...and then pass it on!
open.salon.com
When I was a lad, the Christmas shopping season didn't get started until the beginning of December, or at least not sooner than the end of the Thanksgiving weekend. Things have changed to the point ...
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Check out this sweet and simple local spending video from the Michigan Main Street Center. Wouldn't it be cool to have something similar featuring TIBA businesses? Or even a Florida-wide version with our other IBAs from Arcadia and Gainesville and Tallahassee and St. Pete...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2zmg1Vs
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) Check out the Letter to the Editor in today's St. Pete Times from TIBA's Carla Jimenez...Read Chris Densmore's letter, too, and the editorial that started the discussion, and feel free to add your comments to the dialog...Here's to informed and conscious spending choices!
www.tampabay.com
Support the neighbors and friends who are personally and financially invested here. Online giants get unfair edge | Aug. 31, editorial
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) Don't be brainwashed with local-washing! Here's another article from fearless watchdog Stacy Mitchell on attempts by national chains to co-opt the growing localism movement with phony fronts. Remember to look for local decision-making, local circulation of proceeds and profits, and independence, if you care about your ...community's character and economy...And sign up for the New Rules news.
www.newrules.org
In one of the more brazen attempts by a corporation to disguise itself as a locally owned business, Starbucks is un-branding at least three of it Seattle outlets. The first of these conversions, reopening ...
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) Everyone who is a fan of TIBA should also become a fan of AMIBA, as they do a great job compiling articles about the localism movement and so much more:
AMIBA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping communities and independent businesses thrive. We help citizens, independent businesses and communities prevent the displacement of locally-owned businesses, ensure ongoing opportunities for entrepreneurs, and adva...nce citizen engagement in directing the development of their community.
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Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) Here's a link to a sweet WSJ column extolling the virtues of unique local shops and the communities they help create...
online.wsj.com
It takes courage these days to start a useful business.
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) Another reason to love our fellow indie booksellers...Raleigh's wonderful Regulator Bookshop produced this entertaining and informative video about the carbon footprint of your local indie vs. the online category killer. If we think before we spend, the best choice is local first, for the environment, the economy, and every aspect of community...
www.vimeo.com
Remember your humble local bookseller the next time you order from one of the "corporate giants"--you may just be breeding an ecological disaster in your own backyard! Keep It Local, America! Commissioned by the Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC. ...
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) Wecome to TIBA, the Tampa Independent Business Alliance! Please become a fan and we'll keep you informed of happenings in our vibrant community of unique indie businesses, bringing you the best of Tampa while keeping your hard-earned dollars circulating h
Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA) TIBA is a proud member of the over 50 local affiliates of the American Independent Business Alliance. Wherever you live or travel, look for the true locals and start with the map at www.amiba.net.
www.amiba.net
AMIBA helps communities build economic vitality through maintaining local independent businesses and keep economic and political power rooted in the community.
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