Local Return

@localreturn.bsky.social

Building community wealth in Rhode Island through ownership and investment, particularly in neighborhoods that have experienced historical disinvestment. We just launched RI's first community investment fund at @investRI.bsky.social. LocalReturn.org

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Dollar Tree hiked its $1 prices by 25%, and now it's collected over $383M in tariff refunds while spending $605M on stock buybacks in the same quarter.

No plans to cut prices or raise wages for workers. Just some charity donations & investments in "targeted pricing strategies."

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We were honored to receive the 2026 @cnunewengland New Localism Exemplar Award for our Local Return DCIF at @investri.bsky.social. Thank you for recognizing the role that financial innovation plays in creating the kinds of lively and mixed use communities that we *want* to live in.

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This Friday, I'm attending CNU (Congress for New Urbanism) New England's annual summit. I'll be sitting on a panel focused on Innovative Approaches to Funding, trying my best to reflect the work of @localreturn.bsky.social, alongside 3 incredibly impressive people. If you're there, say hi!

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We are reminded this morning by the Economic Progress Institute's RI Standard of Need that quality jobs mean being able to support your household, and that income gaps reinforce and contribute to wealth gaps.

Alan Krinsky presenting in front of a slide that reads: "TL;DR: Around 40% of RI households have income below what's required to meet basic needs."A photograph of the 2026 Rhode Island Standard of Need overview.
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We're joining @mainstreetri.bsky.social at the 2nd annual Main Street Together Conference on October 17, and you should, too! What's better than a Saturday in Warren with fellow Rhode Islanders who care about place and people?

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Labor Day Week is an excellent time to consider this aspect of Rhode Island's history of manufacturing. Join us on Thursday at 6 p.m. at @symposiumbooks for a discussion with Seth Rockman on his book, Plantation Goods.

Quote from book reads: "To be sure, Rowland and Isaac [Hazard] were not needing to launder their reputations in Rhode Island. Being renowned Negro cloth manufacturers did not keep them out of polite company, lose them religious fellowship, or jeopardize their membership in learned societies." Join us for a discussion of Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, with the author, Seth Rockman. September 10, 2026 6:00-7:30 p.m. Symposium Books 240 Westminster St., Providence