Top Ten reasons to Think Local - Buy Local - Be Local
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Why Buy Locally Owned? Here are the top ten reasons, according to Sustainable Connections and Think Local, two Seattle-based non profit orgaizations created with the goal of enhancing the livability, stability and diversity of their community and the local economy.
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This is a really great article. Too bad many suburban communities don't have the luxury of a grouping of local buisnesses similar to that of 5-Points and San Marco.
Excellent list. Thank you.
This is what I am working on here in Jax. I try to find partners to start up a BUY LOCAL movement. Please visit http://buylocal.meetup.com/18/ or my brand new site www.biz1.us Andreas
That really depends on how suburban you get Jason, out here where I am at, you have a lot of locally owned.
(shameless plug in 3...2....1) Every Ace Hardware is locally owned also ;D
Plug away!
I'm a fan of Ace and shop there quite often. Also, luckily for me, I'm about 5 minutes from St. Augustine's historic distric and a plethora of locally owned and operated buisnesses.