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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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Press and Media Coverage

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wtdy100Radio Interview: Keeping your dollars in the local community

Listen to Kay-Tee Franke from DANE Exclusive Deals on Madison's 1670 WTDY talk about the importance of buying locally this holiday season.  

for_the_recordFor the Record with Neil Heinen

Neil Heinen talks about the impacts and  benefits of buying local with Dane Buy Local members Justin Gibson, President of VOM FASS, Kim Stanfill McMillan, Owner of Fired Up Pottery, Co-founder of Dane Buy Local, Rick Brooks, and Shayna Miller, Associate Style Editor for Madison Magazine.

 

dbl_boat_parade_logoDane Buy Local Venetian Night ~
A Boat Parade of Lights on Lake Mendota!

What Local Businss Floats YOUR Boat?

Independents Day AudioIndependents Day Radio Ads -
Featured on Magic 98 (98.1 FM)
and the Pulse (1670 AM)


In honor of Independence Week, Dane Buy Local took
over the Mid-West Family Broadcasting radio air waves,
June 29 - July 3, 2009 with a
Buy Local message from
co-founder Rick Brooks.

Scott Lynch Radio InterviewRadio Interview

Listen to Scott Lynch from Sustain Dane and Barbara
Wright
from the Dardenelles talk about the economic
impact Dane Buy Local has on our community.

Kelly Starr phone interviewTHE MIC 92.1 FM interviews Kelly Starr-King

Kelly Starr-King, Drake & Co, is interviewed on her
experience with Dane Buy Local March 11, 2008.
Dane Buy Local introduced newly elected board of
directors and first official Dane Buy Local employee,
Lark Paulson, Director of Membership Services.


Testimonials

"I'm not sure that most national business reporters would consider what we hear from our members as news. It's not Wall Street lingo. Dane Buy Local members talk about feeling respected for the exchange of both monetary value and meaning. Our "Friendly Faces,Neighborhood Places" motto resonates pretty powerfully. And so does the notion of a "local living econo...

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Support Your Community

Reasons for Buying Local

Ensure a solid foundation for local nonprofit organizations who serve us. Locally owned businesses give 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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Get Local

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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