

Scenes from recent Worcester Local First networking parties, at Percy's TV & Appliance, The Beechwood Hotel & Conference Center, and Tush Denim Boutique.
Please be our guest on Wednesday, May 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Dzian Art Gallery, 65 Water St., for the latest in a regular series of Worcester Local First Networking Parties. Free wine tastings and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
This is much more than a chance to exchange business cards and pleasantries. Instead, it is a rare, unique opportunity to meet, talk and even make arrangements to partner or collaborate with your peer owners and operators of Worcester's locally owned, independent businesses in ways that make money for each of you.
Own and operate a retail store? See another owner/operator across the room? He or she runs a hospitality business. Don't think you have much in common? Strike up a conversation and watch how fast the innovative, entrepreneurial and profitable ideas start flowing fast and furious.
Struggling to make ends meet? Seek the generous and free advice and support of successful business owners/operators who are more than willing and able to coach and guide you.
Watching most if not all of any new profits go up the chimney in ever-rising energy costs? Learn from other owners/operators who have converted to renewable, clean, sustainable and affordable forms of energy and, in many cases, received grants and/or low-cost financing to make the switch.
Tired of losing customers or clients to the chains and franchises? Join Worcester Local First and help us encourage retail consumers and businesses to "think local first" when buying goods and services.
Your tax-deductible membership fee and donation to Worcester Local First helps ensure that an average of 68 cents of each $1 spent by consumers stays in the Worcester community, versus an average of only 43 cents of each $1 spent at chains and franchises.
For more information, contact Coordinator Steve Jones-D'Agostino at 508-791-0459 or
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