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Small Business Owners: Make Your Voices Heard! September/October 2018 10/26/2018 Take the Federal Reserve Banks' annual Small Business Credit Survey to provide timely insights on small business conditions to policymakers, service providers, and lenders. Link to the survey in this article. Articles Small Business Owners: Make Your Voices Heard! Economic Benefits of Local Food Systems 10/16/2018 Tune in to the latest episode of the Access podcast to discover how local food systems can create economic opportunity and drive economic activity in rural communities. This article provides further details. Local Food Systems Webinar on the Opioid Epidemic Departments Staff Subscribe Online Webinar Will Explore the Opioid Epidemic 10/09/2018 Join experts from the Federal Reserve, ncIMPACT, and Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County as they discuss the opioid epidemic and its impact on the economy. Register for the session in this piece. Small Business Owners: Make Your Voices Heard! Join the thousands of small businesses that take the Federal Reserve Banks’ Small Business Credit Survey to share information on the current business climate and firms’ financing needs and credit experiences. Take the survey today! September/October 2018 Articles This survey is a platform to share small business stories. It is designed to track business conditions and bring them to the attention of service providers, lenders, and policymakers. Individual responses are confidential. Visit FedSmallBusiness.org to view survey results and reports from previous years. Small Business Owners: Make Your Voices Heard! The survey closes December 8, 2018. Questions? Please contact ATLFedSmallBusiness@atl.frb.org. Local Food Systems Webinar on the Opioid Epidemic Departments Staff Subscribe Online Do you have a network of small business contacts? Join a diverse network of more than 400 small business organizations that collaborate with the Federal Reserve Banks and help them collect information on small business conditions. Become a partner today. Economic Benefits of Local Food Systems The latest episode of the Access podcast is now available online. This podcast gives voice to community members and organizations across the United States about successful programs that help provide access to opportunity for low- and moderateincome individuals and families. September/October 2018 Articles Small Business Owners: Make Your Voices Heard! This episode of Access discusses how local food systems can create opportunity and drive economic activity in rural communities. It features interviews with the director of public affairs for Organic Valley and with the executive director of a Texasbased organization that provides technical assistance to regional agricultural enterprises that create jobs in rural areas. It also spotlights a public school district that has benefited from these food enterprises. Local Food Systems Webinar on the Opioid Epidemic Departments Staff Subscribe Online New to podcasts? Podcasts are episodic digital audio programs, like shows you hear on public radio stations. They are a great way to access information or learn new things on the go, and many listeners download them for their commutes, workouts, or downtime. You can subscribe to podcasts through apps on your mobile device (Access is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and TuneIn) or listen through a browser (accesspodcast.org). Webinar Will Explore the Opioid Epidemic Join this free Connecting Communities® webinar to learn about the opioid epidemic and its impact on the economy, specifically labor force participation. Examples of local models and practices used to address aspects of the opioid epidemic will be shared. September/October 2018 Speakers include: Articles • Barbara Marsh, Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County Small Business Owners: Make Your • Anita Brown-Graham, ncIMPACT Voices Heard! • Kyle Fee, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Local Food Systems Webinar on the Opioid Epidemic Departments Staff Subscribe Online • Jeanne Milliken Bonds, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond • Meredith Covington, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (moderator) Register for the October 18 session, which takes place at 3:00 p.m. ET. Participation is free, but preregistration is required. The Connecting Communities® webinar series is a Federal Reserve System initiative providing a national audience with timely information on emerging and important community and economic development topics. All sessions are recorded and archived on the Connecting Communities® website. Staff September/October 2018 Articles Small Business Owners: Make Your Voices Heard! 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