buy local week

Businesses Hope Coloradans Will Buy Local

This is a fantastic Buy Local Week flashback!

 

December 20th 2009

Smaller businesses are hoping Coloradans support local stores during their last-minute Christmas shopping.

Show of Hands in Cherry Creek is not only a locally owned store; they carry mostly locally-made items, including jewelry, from artists around the state.

More Buy Local Week Videos

Though Buy Local Week is over, the holiday season is still upon us. We hope that you are still being conscious about your spending through the holidays and into the new year.

In these videos, Mickki Langston, Executive Director of Mile High Business Alliance gives us the lowdown about Buy Local Week and why it's important to the local economy and community. Big thanks go to the Flobots & the lovely folks at Fightwithtools.org for supporting our mission and for filming these two short videos.

 

Who's Who, a Clarification Post

Okay, okay. I get it. I'll buy local already. Sheesh. But I'm still confused...

There are a plethora of campaigns and organizations promoting buying locally this holiday season. So far, I've been blogging about a lot of individual business stories as well as coverage on our campaign here in Denver, but there's a lot more out there, especially in Boulder. Since I'm knee-deep in this stuff, I'm thoroughly in the know... and I think that you should be too! Here's a little walk through of who's who and what campaigns they're leading.

Buy Local Week Comes to a Close

Buy Local Week LogoNow that Buy Local Week is coming to a close, we at the Mile High Business Alliance just wanted to recap all the wonderful happenings.

Buy Local Week Kickoff Event

Buy Local Week - Day 6

Buy Local Week - Why it matters.

  • Holiday spending represents a huge chunk of money for retailers -over $12 billion last year in CO.
  • Money spent at locally owned businesses recirculates at least three times more in our community.
  • Local businesses are more effective at meeting the community's needs more quickly than their bigger counterparts.

          (learn more)

Flobots urge you to buy local

By Dave Herrera

November 27th 2009

We're all about local. It's what we do. It's who we are. And so we're all about buying local (well, aside from the American Spirit cigarettes we smoke, the Circle K coffee we drink and the Hondas we drive).

Online, local merchants woo shoppers

Robyn Lydick

November 29th 2009

 

Buy Local Week - Day 5

Buy Local Week - Why it matters.

  • Holiday spending represents a huge chunk of money for retailers -over $12 billion last year in CO.
  • Money spent at locally owned businesses recirculates at least three times more in our community.
  • Local businesses are more effective at meeting the community's needs more quickly than their bigger counterparts.

          (learn more)
 

Business group wants shoppers to buy local

And the news coverage on Buy Local Week just keeps rolling in! Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get our paws on the video segment that appeared on 9 News. Pasted below is a transcribed version (sans Mickki's lovely face, of course).

 

Channel 9 News (9news.com)

DENVER - Before you head into the fray that is holiday shopping, Mickki Langston wants you to think about where you're going and if you can help bolster the Colorado economy.

Buy Local Week - Day 4

Buy Local Week - Why it matters.

  • Holiday spending represents a huge chunk of money for retailers -over $12 billion last year in CO.
  • Money spent at locally owned businesses recirculates at least three times more in our community.
  • Local businesses are more effective at meeting the community's needs more quickly than their bigger counterparts.

          (learn more)

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