by Rebecca Melançon | May 17, 2021 | The Intrepid Localist
I’ve spent most of my adult life either being a local business or working to support local business. I hear the whispers. You’re a person, not a business. You can own a business, work for a business but you can’t be a business any more than a corporation can be a...
by Rebecca Melançon | Aug 7, 2020 | The Intrepid Localist, Uncategorized
Like many, I’ve been taking a close look at race both introspectively and as institutional racism. It’s been illuminating. I believe that, in this time, given the upheaval that triggered prolonged protests, no one should be exempt from self-examination. I implore all...
by Rebecca Melançon | Jun 2, 2020 | The Intrepid Localist, Uncategorized
The pandemic has brought out the best and the worst of us. Or as my father used to say about Louisiana politics, both cream and scum rise to the top. I hope, in the long run, that this is good. We currently exist in an infrastructure of greed. But we can change that....
by Rebecca Melançon | May 28, 2020 | The Intrepid Localist
We are all anxious to leave this pandemic-ridden world and return to some form of normalcy. The community of friends and commerce where our everyday encounters provide both necessities and connectivity beckons. In our home-bound minds, it was a near perfect world. Or...
by Rebecca Melançon | May 8, 2020 | The Intrepid Localist
Dear Landlord, We’ve been in this mutually-beneficial relationship for a long time, perhaps decades. It’s been good for both of us. We’ve had a place to grow successful local businesses and you’ve made a nice profit. Now our businesses have an illness called a...
by Rebecca Melançon | Apr 8, 2020 | The Intrepid Localist
I know. It’s not feeling better right now but hear me out. This pandemic is forcing local business to learn new skills, find new ways of doing business and reallocate resources. The present is very painful but could ultimately lead us to a better future. A word about...
