Mile High Locavorist

“…As we look at the opportunities we have to make a positive difference that actually feels like we’re doing something, food just seems like a very relevant and immediate option.” – Mickki Langston Mickki Langston founded Mile High Business Alliance in 2007. For the past 8 years, she and her team focused on organizing local business owners in working together to build a more resilient, connected and healthy Denver economy. MHBA worked with thousands of business owners to launch Denver’s ‘localism’ movement, including campaigns focused on local food, energy efficiency, independent retail, transit, and more. Their work changed the way people think about local businesses, local food, and building local capacity to fulfill on Denver’s needs and create economic opportunity. In fact, Mickki and MHBA was so successful in catalyzing localism that since Mickki and I spoke in July, MHBA has ceased operations! According to a post on their website, “Our community has embraced the ‘local first’ mentality in a way we never