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Channel 3 "Local Businesses See Strong Sales As Holiday Season Begins"

Some local businesses reported a 200% increase in sales during Small Business Saturday, huge success!

Various Sources Urge Consumers to "Think Local First" and to "Remember to Shop Small, Shop Local This Holiday Season"

Several local news sources report on Small Business Saturday and Dane Buy Local's efforts to Think Local First for the holidays

Cap Times highlights benefits of "Think Local First" mentality for the holidays

 This article in the Cap Times features some of the Dane Buy Local members as they promote the important benefits to local economies and communities when customers "Think Local First" for the holidays.

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Dane Buy Local Venetian Night


dbl_boat_parade_logoA Boat Parade of Lights on Lake Mendota!

What Local Business Floats YOUR Boat?

 

 

 

Local boat owners docked at Skipper Buds, offered a sea of support that helped Dane Buy Local and many of its members launch Madison's 1st Annual Dane Buy Local Venetian Night ~ A Boat Parade of Lights on Lake Mendota.

Led by the official Dane Buy Local boat, The Grand Mariner, nearly thirty additional decorated boats followed the shoreline of our magnificent Lake Mendota at dusk on September 6, 2009. The event and its theme: "What Local Business Floats Your Boat" was hailed a huge success! Scuttlebutt among Dane Buy Local includes plans for an even bigger event in 2010.

View video footage taken by Patrick Brooks of Boonetown Productions of parade highlights and fireworks.

View video footage taken by Julia Rymut of Amethyst Dreams.

 

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I buy local because I know it's often a better product that more often fits my needs, and keeps small, unique companies who care about their impact on the community and world, alive and open.
Gage Mitchell
Gage Mitchell Design
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Reasons for Buying Local

Create good places to work: We want work life to reflect home town friendliness and familiarity. Treating our employees well is part of our community commitment.
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Did You Know?

"A Local Economy enables care.  You cannot care for a nation or a continent or a stock market index, but you can care for a piece of land and a watershed, a neighbor and a community.”
--Woody Tasch, Founder, Slow Money
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Adult Swim                                                                                                                                                                                                     Madison Children's Museum - Friday, Feb. 10th, 6-10 pm
Buy your tickets now! Join our Steampunk Cabaret! Highlights include performances by New MUSE (New Music Everywhere), steampunk airbrush body painting, guest artists from Madison’s TeslaCon, and another costume contest!

 

Greg Abate w/Ryan Korb Trio In Concert - Friday, Feb. 17th 7:30 pm
Farley's House of Pianos w/pianist Mathew Buchman & bassist Charles Ledvina. Tickets are $22, call 608-271-2626, or buy in advance at Farley's House of Pianos or Orange Tree Imports.

 


 

 

 


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