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2010 Dane Buy Local Venetian Boat Parade

Join us as we launch our 2nd Annual Dane Buy Local Venetian Night ~ A Boat Parade of Lights on Lake Mendota.

10,000 Dane Buy Local Guides inserted in June Sustainable Times

In June, consumers found our new 2010 Dane Buy Local Guide and several articles about Dane Buy Local.

78 Dane Buy Local Members Involved at the 2010 WPT Auction

For a second year in a row, Dane Buy Local helped contribute to the success of Wisconsin Public Television's Auction in multiple ways on June 4, 2010.

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Pick up Your Dane Buy Local Guides

"A local economy values the real over the virtual world.  An investment on a computer screen is one thing; an investment in a company in your hometown quite another".
--Woody Tasch, Slow Money


Testimonials

Supporting local businesses and promoting the local economy is an important part of the Sustainable Times’ mission and focus. I therefore welcome the very existence of Dane Buy Local as an invaluable contribution to those same goals. On a more practical level Dane Buy Local has proven to be a great resource for the Sustainable Times, from e...

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Reasons for Buying Local

Enrich the community economy. Each time money is spent at a locally-owned business, the tax stays in Dane County to support local resources such as schools, parks, police and fire...and much more.
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Did You Know?

A local economy values relationships over transactions.  Doing business locally depends upon and builds social capital and longer-term thinking; conducting transactions long distance promotes anonymity and facilitates short-term profit-taking.”
--Woody Tasch, Founder, Slow Money
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