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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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Did you know
A local economy reduces ecological footprint.  Shorter distances between production and consumption reduce packing, processing and distribution costs and impacts.”
--Woody Tasch, Founder, Slow Money
"A local economy values the real over the virtual. An investment on a computer screen is one thing; an investment in a company in your hometown quite another."
--Woody Tasch, Founder, Slow Money 

"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

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
"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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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

Provide more jobs. Altogether, locally owned independent businesses are our largest employer.
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Did You Know?

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