Investment Ready Places is a new description of small towns and mid sized cities, from the team at Street Sense: Atul Sharma, Kevin Lavelle and Joseph Nickol. Small towns and cities have lots of potential. Mid-tier towns and cities are our most dynamic urban settlements and have the largest untapped potential for fostering economic growth. They vary…
IR-2012-84, Nov. 2, 2012 Washington ― The Internal Revenue Service today alerted employers and other taxpayers that because Hurricane Sandy is designated as a qualified disaster for federal tax purposes, qualified disaster relief payments made to individuals by their employer or any person can be excluded from those individuals’ taxable income. Qualified disaster relief payments…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Nov 9-11, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. They’re called frame baskets. Frame upsome good news in ours.Photo (CC) by Zoe Rimmer Don’t hold back because of that word,…
Reader Carie Fuhrman, with the City of Princeton, Minnesota, shared this story on our contact form. Great stuff! –Becky By Carie Fuhrman Downtown Princeton, MNPhoto courtesy of City of Princeton staff. I’d like to tell you about what the Princeton, MN (pop. 4,698) community is doing to revitalize their downtown and help small business owners and entrepreneurs….
If you are a victim of Hurricane Sandy, the IRS may be able to help. Learn about the options available in this YouTube video.
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Nov 2-4, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. Don’t be a square! Add some good news!Photo (CC) by Harvard Avenue Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When…
My friend and colleague Leslie McLellan wrote this after last year’s SmallTown Event. Since this year’s event is just one week away, I thought you might like her perspective on how it can make you a bit more of a thought leader. And consider making the trip to Hutchinson to join us for SmallTown2012 next week….
Who is first among the equals in your retail store? This is something fellow retailer Daniel Gordon and I were discussing long ago, and I think it’s a valuable topic for business outside of retail, as well. Do you make a point of treating every single customer equally? Do you make decisions about them, based on how…
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