Austin Independent Business Alliance ( AIBA ) is an organization of independent , locally owned firms in Austin, Texas and is composed of over 300 member businesses . It was started in 2001 by several local businesses and citizens as a way to help independent businesses compete successfully against corporate chains. The group is among at least 60 Independent Business Alliances around the country affiliated with the American Independent Business Alliance .
3-826: The slogan " Keep Austin Weird " was adopted by the AIBA to promote independent locally owned businesses. In 2022 the organization rebranded as the Austin Local Business Alliance (ALBA). This article related to Austin, Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Keep Austin Weird Keep Austin Weird is the slogan adopted by the Austin Independent Business Alliance to promote small businesses in Austin, Texas . It
6-622: Is intended to promote local businesses and is inspired by comments made by Red Wassenich in 2000 while giving a pledge to an Austin radio station KOOP Radio . He later began printing bumper stickers and operated the website keepaustinweird.com until his death in 2020 and published Keep Austin Weird: A Guide to the Odd Side of Town . Despite a challenge from Wassenich, the slogan was later trademarked by Outhouse Designs and used to market T-shirts , hats , and mugs . Other cities have since mimicked
9-499: The nickname, including Portland in 2003, Louisville in 2005, and Indianapolis in 2013. A 2010 book on the topic, Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas , discusses the cultural evolution of the "Keep Austin Weird" movement as well as its commercialization and socio-political significance. The origins of Austin's unique culture have been claimed to be the product of unusually cheap housing prices following
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