The federal government is advancing policies that impact small business lending, economic development, and community wealth—and our coalition is driving research-backed solutions that strengthen local economies and protect Main Street entrepreneurs.
What We Advanced in June
Community Wealth Research – Presenting ASBN’s Kauffman Foundation-funded Community Wealth and Well-being study using participatory action research across six sites, focusing on asset-based approaches to ownership models, worker cooperatives, and employee ownership with emphasis on BIPOC and women beneficiaries.
Main Street Economic Policy – Developing comprehensive statement for Main Street call for responsible economic policy to catalyze small businesses nationwide into unified action force for systemic change.
Predatory Lending Defense – Advancing Small Business Borrowers Bill of Rights through Responsible Business Lending Coalition, with standards endorsed by 100+ organizations and incorporated into Treasury regulations, leading to eight laws helping millions of business owners save billions annually.
Secure Growth Initiative – Mobilizing small business response to mass deportation impacts through story collection and media engagement, highlighting economic consequences for local communities.
July 23rd Focus: Finalizing Main Street economic policy statement, building outreach strategies, and expanding coalition participation across lending reform and immigration policy initiatives.
Corporate lenders have extraction models. Small businesses have community wealth—and that’s rebuilding local economies.
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Register to join Rick Steves, beloved public television host, best-selling guidebook author, and outspoken activist. Rick Steves is known for encouraging Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. He is the founder and owner of Rick Steves’ Europe, a travel business with a small-group tour program that brings more than 30,000 people to Europe annually. Each year, the company contributes to a portfolio of climate-smart nonprofits, paying a self-imposed carbon tax.
