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Stay Local! Reports

  • 2009 Thinking Outside the Box: A Report on Independent Merchants and the Local Economy

    This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. See infographic on page 8.

  • Stay Local! Feedback on Tiered Evacuation Re-entry for Small Businesses

    Stay Local! solicited re-entry experiences from its listed businesses and submitted them to Councilmember Arnie Fielkow following Hurricane Gustav in September 2008. Stay Local! participated in the Disaster Mitigation Task Force to improve the re-entry process after future mandatory evacuations.

  • The Urban Conservancy 2007 Progress Report

    See what we’ve been up to! The year in review: staylocal.org, neighborhood guides, business summits, Lafitte Greenway and Urban Main Street advocacy.

  • Zoning on Magazine: Stay Local! Weighs In on Pita Pit

    Stay Local! writes in support of The Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association and Smart Growth for Louisiana’s appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment to overrule the decision of the Department of Safety and Permits classifying high-volume national retailer The Pita Pit as a cafeteria restaurant rather than a fast food restaurant.

  • Stay Local! Weighs in on Starbucks in Jackson Square

    Stay Local! urges the Louisiana State Museum board to consider the long-term cultural and economic benefits of leasing the space formerly occupied by La Madeleine on Jackson Square to local Chef/Owner Scott Boswell rather than to Starbucks.

  • Stay Local! Business Summit: Stabilize, Sustain, & Grow

    What do neighborhood business districts need to stabilize and sustain existing businesses, and grow new businesses and industries? Read the final report from the January 2007 Business Summit Stay Local! convened in New Orleans.

Reports

  • 2009 Thinking Outside the Box: A Report on Independent Merchants and the Local Economy

    This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. See infographic on page 8.

  • Stay Local! Feedback on Tiered Evacuation Re-entry for Small Businesses

    Stay Local! solicited re-entry experiences from its listed businesses and submitted them to Councilmember Arnie Fielkow following Hurricane Gustav in September 2008. Stay Local! participated in the Disaster Mitigation Task Force to improve the re-entry process after future mandatory evacuations.

  • The Urban Conservancy 2007 Progress Report

    See what we’ve been up to! The year in review: staylocal.org, neighborhood guides, business summits, Lafitte Greenway and Urban Main Street advocacy.

  • Zoning on Magazine: Stay Local! Weighs In on Pita Pit

    Stay Local! writes in support of The Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association and Smart Growth for Louisiana’s appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment to overrule the decision of the Department of Safety and Permits classifying high-volume national retailer The Pita Pit as a cafeteria restaurant rather than a fast food restaurant.

  • Stay Local! Weighs in on Starbucks in Jackson Square

    Stay Local! urges the Louisiana State Museum board to consider the long-term cultural and economic benefits of leasing the space formerly occupied by La Madeleine on Jackson Square to local Chef/Owner Scott Boswell rather than to Starbucks.

  • Stay Local! Business Summit: Stabilize, Sustain, & Grow

    What do neighborhood business districts need to stabilize and sustain existing businesses, and grow new businesses and industries? Read the final report from the January 2007 Business Summit Stay Local! convened in New Orleans.

  • NFIB Small Business Economic Trends

    The NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since 1974 and monthly surveys since 1986. Survey respondents are drawn from NFIB’s membership. The report is released on the second Tuesday of each month.

  • Louisiana Survey: Small Businesses Need Healthcare Reform

  • Louisiana Small Business Healthcare Stats

  • Louisiana Small Business Healthcare Survey

    Small Business Majority’s first national online survey, conducted in 2006, showed that the cost of healthcare was the top concern of small business—above taxes, energy and other issues. The survey found that healthcare costs continue to be a major problem for small business owners.

  • The Story of Stuff

    The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

  • Footloose and Fancy Free: Top 30 US Walkable Urban Places

    Urban development is trending away from “drivable sub-urban development” and back to higher density “walkable urban places” as witnessed by the success of transit-oriented development, downtown revitalizations, and new urbanism. Read the summary of The Brookings Institution report by Christopher B. Leinberger.

  • Economic Impact Analysis: Local Merchants vs. Chain Retailers

    Civic Economics conducted this analysis for Liveable Cities assessing the economic impact of local merchants relative to a chain merchant carrying comparable lines of goods in Austin. BookPeople, Waterloo Records, and Borders Books & Music, provide a case study. (2002)

  • Trade Deficit in Food Safety

    Stay Local! participated in the New Orleans release of this July 2007 report by Public Citizen calling for stronger food import policies to ensure food safety. Bottom line: Shop local for your meat, produce, and seafood. See you at the Farmer’s Market!

  • Community Benefits Agreements: Making Development Projects Accountable

    Written to help community groups learn how CBAs work, and to explain the many benefits for which community groups can negotiate.

  • Community Benefits Agreements: Ensuring that Urban Redevelopment Benefits Everyone

    CBAs are legally binding contracts between two private parties— developers and community-labor coalitions—to ensure that major development projects benefit local community residents.

  • Which PILOTs Should Fly

    March 2007 report by the Bureau of Governmental Research on “Payments in Lieu of Taxes” (PILOTs) in New Orleans. A must-read for taxpayers in general and local business owners in particular.

Studies

  • 2009 Thinking Outside the Box: A Report on Independent Merchants and the Local Economy

    This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. See infographic on page 8.

  • Stay Local! Feedback on Tiered Evacuation Re-entry for Small Businesses

    Stay Local! solicited re-entry experiences from its listed businesses and submitted them to Councilmember Arnie Fielkow following Hurricane Gustav in September 2008. Stay Local! participated in the Disaster Mitigation Task Force to improve the re-entry process after future mandatory evacuations.

  • The Urban Conservancy 2007 Progress Report

    See what we’ve been up to! The year in review: staylocal.org, neighborhood guides, business summits, Lafitte Greenway and Urban Main Street advocacy.

  • Zoning on Magazine: Stay Local! Weighs In on Pita Pit

    Stay Local! writes in support of The Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association and Smart Growth for Louisiana’s appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment to overrule the decision of the Department of Safety and Permits classifying high-volume national retailer The Pita Pit as a cafeteria restaurant rather than a fast food restaurant.

  • Stay Local! Weighs in on Starbucks in Jackson Square

    Stay Local! urges the Louisiana State Museum board to consider the long-term cultural and economic benefits of leasing the space formerly occupied by La Madeleine on Jackson Square to local Chef/Owner Scott Boswell rather than to Starbucks.

  • Stay Local! Business Summit: Stabilize, Sustain, & Grow

    What do neighborhood business districts need to stabilize and sustain existing businesses, and grow new businesses and industries? Read the final report from the January 2007 Business Summit Stay Local! convened in New Orleans.

  • NFIB Small Business Economic Trends

    The NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since 1974 and monthly surveys since 1986. Survey respondents are drawn from NFIB’s membership. The report is released on the second Tuesday of each month.

  • Louisiana Survey: Small Businesses Need Healthcare Reform

  • Louisiana Small Business Healthcare Stats

  • Louisiana Small Business Healthcare Survey

    Small Business Majority’s first national online survey, conducted in 2006, showed that the cost of healthcare was the top concern of small business—above taxes, energy and other issues. The survey found that healthcare costs continue to be a major problem for small business owners.

  • The Story of Stuff

    The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

  • Footloose and Fancy Free: Top 30 US Walkable Urban Places

    Urban development is trending away from “drivable sub-urban development” and back to higher density “walkable urban places” as witnessed by the success of transit-oriented development, downtown revitalizations, and new urbanism. Read the summary of The Brookings Institution report by Christopher B. Leinberger.

  • Economic Impact Analysis: Local Merchants vs. Chain Retailers

    Civic Economics conducted this analysis for Liveable Cities assessing the economic impact of local merchants relative to a chain merchant carrying comparable lines of goods in Austin. BookPeople, Waterloo Records, and Borders Books & Music, provide a case study. (2002)

  • Trade Deficit in Food Safety

    Stay Local! participated in the New Orleans release of this July 2007 report by Public Citizen calling for stronger food import policies to ensure food safety. Bottom line: Shop local for your meat, produce, and seafood. See you at the Farmer’s Market!

  • Community Benefits Agreements: Making Development Projects Accountable

    Written to help community groups learn how CBAs work, and to explain the many benefits for which community groups can negotiate.

  • Community Benefits Agreements: Ensuring that Urban Redevelopment Benefits Everyone

    CBAs are legally binding contracts between two private parties— developers and community-labor coalitions—to ensure that major development projects benefit local community residents.

Articles

  • 2009 Thinking Outside the Box: A Report on Independent Merchants and the Local Economy

    This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. See infographic on page 8.

  • Stay Local! Feedback on Tiered Evacuation Re-entry for Small Businesses

    Stay Local! solicited re-entry experiences from its listed businesses and submitted them to Councilmember Arnie Fielkow following Hurricane Gustav in September 2008. Stay Local! participated in the Disaster Mitigation Task Force to improve the re-entry process after future mandatory evacuations.

  • The Urban Conservancy 2007 Progress Report

    See what we’ve been up to! The year in review: staylocal.org, neighborhood guides, business summits, Lafitte Greenway and Urban Main Street advocacy.

  • Zoning on Magazine: Stay Local! Weighs In on Pita Pit

    Stay Local! writes in support of The Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association and Smart Growth for Louisiana’s appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment to overrule the decision of the Department of Safety and Permits classifying high-volume national retailer The Pita Pit as a cafeteria restaurant rather than a fast food restaurant.

  • Stay Local! Weighs in on Starbucks in Jackson Square

    Stay Local! urges the Louisiana State Museum board to consider the long-term cultural and economic benefits of leasing the space formerly occupied by La Madeleine on Jackson Square to local Chef/Owner Scott Boswell rather than to Starbucks.

  • Stay Local! Business Summit: Stabilize, Sustain, & Grow

    What do neighborhood business districts need to stabilize and sustain existing businesses, and grow new businesses and industries? Read the final report from the January 2007 Business Summit Stay Local! convened in New Orleans.

  • NFIB Small Business Economic Trends

    The NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since 1974 and monthly surveys since 1986. Survey respondents are drawn from NFIB’s membership. The report is released on the second Tuesday of each month.

  • Louisiana Survey: Small Businesses Need Healthcare Reform

  • Louisiana Small Business Healthcare Stats

  • Louisiana Small Business Healthcare Survey

    Small Business Majority’s first national online survey, conducted in 2006, showed that the cost of healthcare was the top concern of small business—above taxes, energy and other issues. The survey found that healthcare costs continue to be a major problem for small business owners.

  • The Story of Stuff

    The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

Toolkits

  • 2009 Thinking Outside the Box: A Report on Independent Merchants and the Local Economy

    This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. See infographic on page 8.

  • Stay Local! Feedback on Tiered Evacuation Re-entry for Small Businesses

    Stay Local! solicited re-entry experiences from its listed businesses and submitted them to Councilmember Arnie Fielkow following Hurricane Gustav in September 2008. Stay Local! participated in the Disaster Mitigation Task Force to improve the re-entry process after future mandatory evacuations.

  • The Urban Conservancy 2007 Progress Report

    See what we’ve been up to! The year in review: staylocal.org, neighborhood guides, business summits, Lafitte Greenway and Urban Main Street advocacy.

  • Zoning on Magazine: Stay Local! Weighs In on Pita Pit

    Stay Local! writes in support of The Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association and Smart Growth for Louisiana’s appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment to overrule the decision of the Department of Safety and Permits classifying high-volume national retailer The Pita Pit as a cafeteria restaurant rather than a fast food restaurant.

  • Stay Local! Weighs in on Starbucks in Jackson Square

    Stay Local! urges the Louisiana State Museum board to consider the long-term cultural and economic benefits of leasing the space formerly occupied by La Madeleine on Jackson Square to local Chef/Owner Scott Boswell rather than to Starbucks.

  • Stay Local! Business Summit: Stabilize, Sustain, & Grow

    What do neighborhood business districts need to stabilize and sustain existing businesses, and grow new businesses and industries? Read the final report from the January 2007 Business Summit Stay Local! convened in New Orleans.

Directories

  • 2009 Thinking Outside the Box: A Report on Independent Merchants and the Local Economy

    This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. See infographic on page 8.

Documents

  • 2009 Thinking Outside the Box: A Report on Independent Merchants and the Local Economy

    This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. See infographic on page 8.

  • Stay Local! Feedback on Tiered Evacuation Re-entry for Small Businesses

    Stay Local! solicited re-entry experiences from its listed businesses and submitted them to Councilmember Arnie Fielkow following Hurricane Gustav in September 2008. Stay Local! participated in the Disaster Mitigation Task Force to improve the re-entry process after future mandatory evacuations.

  • The Urban Conservancy 2007 Progress Report

    See what we’ve been up to! The year in review: staylocal.org, neighborhood guides, business summits, Lafitte Greenway and Urban Main Street advocacy.

  • Zoning on Magazine: Stay Local! Weighs In on Pita Pit

    Stay Local! writes in support of The Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association and Smart Growth for Louisiana’s appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment to overrule the decision of the Department of Safety and Permits classifying high-volume national retailer The Pita Pit as a cafeteria restaurant rather than a fast food restaurant.

  • Stay Local! Weighs in on Starbucks in Jackson Square

    Stay Local! urges the Louisiana State Museum board to consider the long-term cultural and economic benefits of leasing the space formerly occupied by La Madeleine on Jackson Square to local Chef/Owner Scott Boswell rather than to Starbucks.

  • Stay Local! Business Summit: Stabilize, Sustain, & Grow

    What do neighborhood business districts need to stabilize and sustain existing businesses, and grow new businesses and industries? Read the final report from the January 2007 Business Summit Stay Local! convened in New Orleans.

  • NFIB Small Business Economic Trends

    The NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since 1974 and monthly surveys since 1986. Survey respondents are drawn from NFIB’s membership. The report is released on the second Tuesday of each month.