Terry Garrett
Terry is a GoLocal team member and focused on organization development and strategic implementation. For the past 10 years he has been developing models based on the transformation of local media ecosystems and local economies. He's a member-partner in Sustaining Technologies developing a news media and business web platform, which is used as this GoLocal web site. Essentially the content management system built in Django combines a journalism model with a new business model that uses the web as the hub. His organizational development work has centered on creating heterarchal management structures and decision making processes to make cooperatives more successful by ensuring that multiple voices are represented in organizational governance. GoLocal embraces such a structure for long term planning and day-to-day operations.
Stories by Terry Garrett
Income Inequality: A Crisis in Consciousness
TED Talks: Richard Wilkinson takes the stage and enthusiastically presents the data that reveals the story about the growing gap between the rich and the poor and the consequent harm to society.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Why Don't We Try Something Different for a Change?
The case for smart economic development is simple but effective.
What it Means to be a GoLocal Business Member
These are the members that really understand the power of the shared brand and have used it successfully to drive growth in their respective businesses.
Groupon Schmupon
Is a Groupon Deal Right for Your Business? Some Analysis and Three "How-to" Videos to Help You Make a Decision
GoLocal Shared Brand
As a GoLocal business member, you're a part of a cooperative. That means you are a co-owner and "share" the GoLocal brand along with all the other owners. GoLocal doesn't exist independent of its member owners.
The Buy Local First Dividend: A Chain Reaction
A similar episode is happening now within the economic realm. Study after study has indicated the economic benefits to a local community when residents choose local businesses for purchases. It's called the economic multiplier effect. By choosing local first, the economic multiplier kicks in and we return $25 more of every $100 spent to recirculate in our local economy.
Sonoma County and the Vitality of Independent Retail
In short, the study reveals the relative strength of locally owned businesses expressed by an index score for every MSA. They measured the retail market share for chain stores nationwide and by each MSA, with the assumption that the remaining share belonged to local and regional retailers. The national baseline index equals 100, and Sonoma County's index is 128.3.
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Santa Rosa City Council Election: GoLocal Prediction Market
GoLocal has created a prediction market for the Santa Rosa City Council election. It's open to the public. Click here to participate.
Sebastopol First
Sebastopol is home to many wonderful locally owned, independent businesses. Do you know which ones are locally owned? We bet you know quite a few.
