Austin Independent Business Alliance

The AIBA Collaborator: Learning to Trade Locally

Some of the Things We Do

• Click here to Register for the AIBA Trade Show -- May 15th
• Founded Austin Unchained. A celebrated day of shopping locally.
• Furnish I Bought Local stickers at our retail members. So you can show you care.
• Host the AIBA Trade Show. So our members can be in new developments for you.
• Hold happy hours for our members. So they can relax with their cohorts and trade ideas to be better businesses for you.
• Produce bi-monthly luncheons for members and soon-to-be members. Including business-building presentations to be stronger businesses for you.
• Publish a directory of members. Distributed at more than 100 locations for you to find.
• Arrange coop media buys for our members. So their message can reach you.
• Raise the visibility of local business issues. To create vibrant community dialogue.
• Advocate for locally owned business. We hope you hear our collective voice.
• Partner on business building workshops. To help our members succeed so you can shop with them.
• Host a team of small business advisors. To help us help our members.
• Promote independent businesses to tourists. We all like to see what’s unique different in our travels.
• Help local businesses solve problems. Problems? What problems? No problems here.
• Maintain an entertainer & vendor database. So our members can entertain you.
• Enlighten you about the cultural & economic importance of local spending. Who knew local business carried such a wallop?
• Have fun doing it all. And we do. Hope you enjoy it too.