Coming soon.

Rooted: Our Journey to Local, Sustainable Living

"All around the world, small businesses are important to the economy and to the character of the city. Most people think of the small, individual shops when they think of the cities they love."

Bill Reagan, Founder, Alexandria Small Business Development Center

Explore your nearby farmers market, and the vendors will get to know you by name. Visit your cozy, small coffee shop, and the barista will learn your order and ask you what you’ve been up to this week. Need the perfect gift for your friends and family? The artists and crafters who frequent community events create the unique and one-of-a-kind items you want. 

These experiences connect you to where you live and foster relationships with the people and places that matter. But they do something else even greater that you might not realize. Rooted: Our Journey to Local, Sustainable Living shares how our actions and living close to home can have a global impact that empowers people and our communities. 

Featuring the voices of small business owners and local leaders in Alexandria and Houston, Rooted shows how living locally is better for our environment, our economy, and our health. These stories and facts challenge our perspective of modern society and embrace how living simply might just be the solution to some of the world’s most complex problems.