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| Provide more jobs. Altogether, locally owned independent businesses are our largest employer. |
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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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"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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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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