Wishing you a non-Wall-Street turkey!
In the spirit of giving thanks this week, we at The Main Street Journal are skipping the news. Instead, we want to express our gratitude for:
our 7,677 subscribers like you.
our 22 partner organizations, especially our sponsor, the National Coalition for Community Capital.
our 50 Main Street Champions, who are doing incredible work in their communities to create thriving local investment ecosystems. (Please consider joining their ranks.)
And to the Heron Foundation for fiscal support in getting us started.
Best wishes to you and yours!
Michael, Sophia, and Wendy
BECOME A MAIN STREET CHAMPION
Have you always wanted to start a local investment club? A website of local investment offerings in your community? A local investment study group? Whatever your interest or ambition, we invite you to “go public” to help others in your region find you, scheme with you, and start a local investment movement in your community. Our goal is to identify dozens, then hundreds, then thousands of Main Street Champions like you across America. We already have Main Street Champions across the U.S., from San Luis Obispo, CA to Providence, RI, and even Australia! Together, we can move our hard-earned savings from Wall Street back into our communities. Fill out the intake survey below to join this first cohort!
READ OUR PAST ISSUES
Issue #1 – Intro to The Main Street Journal
Issue #2 – Local climate investments, CDFIs, & agricultural co-ops
Issue #3 – Public banking, a driver-owned Uber, & growth capital
Issue #4 – Plant closure causes disastrous ripple effects on local economy
Issue #5 – Local investing leaders, infrastructure bill, community land trusts
Issue #6 – Microbonds to reverse climate change
Issue #7 - The wonderful world of worker co-ops
Issue #8 - Threats to your self-directed retirement savings
Issue #9 - Local investment opportunity networks (LIONS)
Issue #10 - Supercharge your nonprofits with local investment
Issue #11 - How to buy your neighborhood
PARTNERS
We welcome any nonprofit or for-profit committed to local investment as a partner. If your organization is interested, please contact Sophia Leswing at sophia@main-street-journal.com.
About The Main Street Journal
The Main Street Journal aims to catalyze the movement of $50 trillion from Wall Street to Main Street to facilitate economic development and economic justice. It’s sponsored by the National Coalition for Community Capital, with a grant from the Heron Foundation. We welcome feedback about everything, from our design to content. And we welcome suggestions of other groups to involve as partners, and other information to include. Please send ideas to Sophia Leswing at sophia@main-street-journal.com.