Local Return
@localreturn.bsky.social
Building community wealth in Rhode Island through ownership and investment, particularly in neighborhoods that have experienced historical disinvestment. We just launched RI's first community investment fund at @investRI.bsky.social. LocalReturn.org
Play local returns bingo, the Thanksgiving edition.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Play local returns bingo, the Thanksgiving edition.
The best part of choosing local is bragging about it! Tell your friends and family *why* you choose to spend with local and independently owned businesses and service providers. We can all be local economy champions.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The best part of choosing local is bragging about it! Tell your friends and family *why* you choose to spend with local and independently owned businesses and service providers. We can all be local economy champions.
Rhode Island Lt Gov @sabinamatos.bsky.social is hosting a virtual town hall this Wednesday with small retail businesses to understand how they've been impacted by the SNAP freeze.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: SNAP Retailer Town Hall. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Please take our survey for SNAP Retailers as w...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: SNAP Retailer Town Hall. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Please take our survey for SNAP Retailers as w...
riema.zoom.us
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rhode Island Lt Gov @sabinamatos.bsky.social is hosting a virtual town hall this Wednesday with small retail businesses to understand how they've been impacted by the SNAP freeze.
Rhode Islanders, check out our summary of Small Business Rising’s webinar on fighting back against illegal pricing.
Webinar Summary: Fighting back against illegal pricing – Local Return
localreturn.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Rhode Islanders, check out our summary of Small Business Rising’s webinar on fighting back against illegal pricing.
"Today, achieving upward mobility doesn’t require just making a steady income but also accumulating wealth, which helps people plan for the future and pay for current unexpected expenses...Like income, a lack of wealth affects people’s everyday lives."
Financial Security Requires Income and Wealth. Most Americans Struggle with Both.
To help more families achieve upward mobility, local policymakers and leaders should create financial security policies and programs that help residents buil…
www.urban.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Today, achieving upward mobility doesn’t require just making a steady income but also accumulating wealth, which helps people plan for the future and pay for current unexpected expenses...Like income, a lack of wealth affects people’s everyday lives."
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Saturday's event at the Mill at Lafayette in North Kingstown is postponed. We hope to reschedule soon!
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Saturday's event at the Mill at Lafayette in North Kingstown is postponed. We hope to reschedule soon!
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Hey Rhode Island attorneys, this is a great opportunity to get trained on legal frameworks that allow communities to raise and deploy their own investment capital — like we're doing with the @localreturn.bsky.social Diversified Community Investment Fund.
Events
ComCap Legal Training Series Learn from experienced lawyers, and help us build a community investment fund in every community.
www.nc3now.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Hey Rhode Island attorneys, this is a great opportunity to get trained on legal frameworks that allow communities to raise and deploy their own investment capital — like we're doing with the @localreturn.bsky.social Diversified Community Investment Fund.
Excited to be at the Main Street Together conference today with @growsmartri.bsky.social! Our breakout session at 11:15 has been moved to the auditorium; come join us.
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Excited to be at the Main Street Together conference today with @growsmartri.bsky.social! Our breakout session at 11:15 has been moved to the auditorium; come join us.
As proven this week, competition is a risk mitigation strategy. @ilsr.bsky.social warned us about the risks of allowing AWS so much power in 2023.
Amazon's Tight Grip on Cloud Computing Poses Multiple Threats. ILSR Urges FTC Action. | Independent Business
Independent Business article by Ron Knox and Stacy Mitchell explores Amazon, Antimonopoly, Antitrust, E-commerce, Federal Trade Commission and Monopolies, focusing on Economic Justice
ilsr.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As proven this week, competition is a risk mitigation strategy. @ilsr.bsky.social warned us about the risks of allowing AWS so much power in 2023.
RSVP today! ⏰ Why do mega retailers like Walmart, Amazon, and the dollar chains get better deals from suppliers than independent businesses do? Learn how mega retailers use their market power to extract illegal pricing from suppliers and how to fight back Oct 28: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
RSVP today! ⏰ Why do mega retailers like Walmart, Amazon, and the dollar chains get better deals from suppliers than independent businesses do? Learn how mega retailers use their market power to extract illegal pricing from suppliers and how to fight back Oct 28: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Want to talk about The Connected Community? It's not too late to join us tomorrow: localreturn.org/events/?even...
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Want to talk about The Connected Community? It's not too late to join us tomorrow: localreturn.org/events/?even...
Mega retailers use their market power to extract illegal pricing, access, and promotions from suppliers, allowing them to undercut small and medium competitors on retail prices. Join us to see how local businesses can stand up to big corporate power.
localreturn.org/event/virtua...
localreturn.org/event/virtua...
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Mega retailers use their market power to extract illegal pricing, access, and promotions from suppliers, allowing them to undercut small and medium competitors on retail prices. Join us to see how local businesses can stand up to big corporate power.
localreturn.org/event/virtua...
localreturn.org/event/virtua...
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TODAY & EVERY DAY! Where you spend your $ matters — your choices create a ripple effect that starts with you & extends out to your entire community & local economy. Choose an Indie Local (independent & locally owned business), & the positive ripple effects magnify. Let’s make waves! buff.ly/evqwoq9
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
TODAY & EVERY DAY! Where you spend your $ matters — your choices create a ripple effect that starts with you & extends out to your entire community & local economy. Choose an Indie Local (independent & locally owned business), & the positive ripple effects magnify. Let’s make waves! buff.ly/evqwoq9
Check out 🎧 two of our co-founders on The Bottom Up Revolution podcast 🎙️ by @strongtowns.org on how to build community wealth.
How To Build Community Wealth From the Bottom Up | The Bottom-Up Revolution
Jessica David and Josh Daley are co-founders of Local Return, a nonprofit in Rhode Island dedicated to building community wealth through ownership and investment. They empower residents through educat...
thelittlethings.podbean.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Check out 🎧 two of our co-founders on The Bottom Up Revolution podcast 🎙️ by @strongtowns.org on how to build community wealth.
It's not too late: Pick up a copy of The Connected Community by Cormac Russell and John McKnight today, and join us virtually on October 21 for a discussion of the book's ideas. localreturn.org/events/?even...
October 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It's not too late: Pick up a copy of The Connected Community by Cormac Russell and John McKnight today, and join us virtually on October 21 for a discussion of the book's ideas. localreturn.org/events/?even...
Rhode Islanders! Please spread the word to your favorite local businesses about this important briefing on October 28 from @ilsr.bsky.social on how to fight back against illegal pricing deals. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Rhode Islanders! Please spread the word to your favorite local businesses about this important briefing on October 28 from @ilsr.bsky.social on how to fight back against illegal pricing deals. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Community investor Matt says, "Rather than exclusively investing in opportunities on Wall Street why not put some of that capital to work in a place that we know and we love, and we can see the benefits from?" #whyIinvest
September 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Community investor Matt says, "Rather than exclusively investing in opportunities on Wall Street why not put some of that capital to work in a place that we know and we love, and we can see the benefits from?" #whyIinvest
We've spent the last two days with Jumpstart organizers from across the country, learning how to better support aspiring neighborhood-based, community-minded real estate developers. Coming home inspired and ready to do more!
September 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We've spent the last two days with Jumpstart organizers from across the country, learning how to better support aspiring neighborhood-based, community-minded real estate developers. Coming home inspired and ready to do more!
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Republicans in Congress are dealing big blows to small businesses right now. One looming one is the dramatic increase in health insurance costs for those who buy through the ACA marketplaces. Half— half! — of people under 65 using the marketplaces are small business owners and employees.
About Half of Adults with ACA Marketplace Coverage are Small Business Owners, Employees, or Self-Employed | KFF
This analysis estimates that 48% of adults under age 65 with individual market coverage are either employed by a small business with fewer than 25 workers, self-employed entrepreneurs, or small…
www.kff.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Republicans in Congress are dealing big blows to small businesses right now. One looming one is the dramatic increase in health insurance costs for those who buy through the ACA marketplaces. Half— half! — of people under 65 using the marketplaces are small business owners and employees.
We write in today’s @bostonglobe.com about the economic development strategies that would help people and places to flourish in Rhode Island. Sneak peek: it’s not $100 million for a company whose CEO makes $16.8 million a year.
Our state needs a resilient economy that offers every Rhode Islander a chance to thrive - The Boston Globe
Let Hasbro’s relocation serve as a clarion call to reimagine how Rhode Island approaches economic development, write the co-founders of the Rhode Island Community Investment Cooperative.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We write in today’s @bostonglobe.com about the economic development strategies that would help people and places to flourish in Rhode Island. Sneak peek: it’s not $100 million for a company whose CEO makes $16.8 million a year.
We're on a mission to find Rhode Islanders who boost the flow of economic and community benefits by devising creative ways to keep money rotating locally. Who are these people and companies? Tell us here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're on a mission to find Rhode Islanders who boost the flow of economic and community benefits by devising creative ways to keep money rotating locally. Who are these people and companies? Tell us here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Last chance to RSVP for tomorrow's webinar: Investment Crowdfunding 101. This is a great opportunity for local, independently-owned businesses to learn about Regulation CF. Spread the word!
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Last chance to RSVP for tomorrow's webinar: Investment Crowdfunding 101. This is a great opportunity for local, independently-owned businesses to learn about Regulation CF. Spread the word!
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
3 cheers for this proposal for an investment into employee ownership from @sabinamatos.bsky.social. "It’s time to chart a new path: one where the businesses that define Rhode Island stay open and remain in the hands of the communities who built them."
Rhode Island is losing its iconic businesses. Employee ownership could keep the doors open. - The Boston Globe
If we want to save more businesses from disappearing, we must act urgently, writes Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
3 cheers for this proposal for an investment into employee ownership from @sabinamatos.bsky.social. "It’s time to chart a new path: one where the businesses that define Rhode Island stay open and remain in the hands of the communities who built them."
So many great connection opportunities coming up. Join us for one or all! localreturn.org/events/
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So many great connection opportunities coming up. Join us for one or all! localreturn.org/events/
Investment crowdfunding is a way for businesses to raise $ by asking many backers to invest a small amount each, with promise of a return. People can support their favorite neighborhood businesses! But it's not right for every biz. Come to this workshop to learn more. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Investment crowdfunding is a way for businesses to raise $ by asking many backers to invest a small amount each, with promise of a return. People can support their favorite neighborhood businesses! But it's not right for every biz. Come to this workshop to learn more. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...