Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/neighborhood-retail-episode-27-of-the-building-local-power-podcast. In this episode of Building Local Power, Stacy Mitchell speaks with local Washington D.C. hardware owner Gina Schaefer on her experience owning multiple Ace Hardware cooperative stores in the DMV metro area. Topics include: how local hardware stores have weather the storm from big-box stores and Amazon (7:58), the way cooperatives in local independent businesses work (10:23), Amazon's impact on local businesses (18:16), and Gina's experience of women in independent business ownership through her career (25:56). Listen to all of our Building Local Power podcast episodes at our site: https://ilsr.org/building-local-power. Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation using the #BuildingLocalPower hashtag!
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