International Indies Conference
By Marie Foley and Debbie Bier, Concord Indies President and Vice President
We’re just back from the incredible “Indie Power 2010: The Recovery Starts at Home” conference held by AMIBA (American Independent Business Alliance) in Tampa, Florida. Over 60 attended the conference, with representatives of IBAs across the country and into Canada.
Our heads are still whirling with all the ideas, creativity, conversations, presentations, best practices, written materials and people we met! New Indie organizations, IBAs many years into their success — all together it was truly a learning pow wow! There is no question that this conference will help sustain both our local economy and the Concord Indies into the future.
And the food!! Four meals a day of lovingly prepared and presented, healthy, delicious, all-local foods. We were wined and dined by local hospitality all through the long weekend. We’ve never been taken care of at a conference as beautifully as we were at the Tampa Quorum — an Indie hotel, might we add! (The photo above was only 1 of 9 local meals we were served.)
Once we are able to come back down to earth, the Concord Indies will have a lot more to say about future plans and programs. Whatever those will be, be assured they will be super-charged by the many Indie Business Alliances from around the country and beyond.
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