Michelle Long is the Executive Director of the Business Alliance for Local, Living Economies (BALLE), a growing network of 30,000 local entrepreneurs spanning 80 communities. Previously Michelle co-founded and led Sustainable Connections in Bellingham, Washington, which helped make Bellingham “the number one small city in the nation in urban progress toward sustainability.” Michelle is author of Building a Community of Businesses: A BALLE Business Network How-to Kit and co-author of Local First: A How-to Guide. (www.livingeconomies.org)
