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Welcome Worcester Local First encourages retail and business-to-business customers to "Think Local First, Shift 10 Percent" when buying goods and services. Click here for a February 2010 Business Week article on the national Local First movement, titled "Consumers Buy Into 'Buy Local'."  Click here for our Marketplace section, containing indivdualized pages for each of our 240+ Underwriter, Sponsor and Business members. All are local, independent and based in Worcester. Click here for corrections and updates regarding the Sponsor and Member listings in our 2009-2010 Shopping Directory  Click here for the Top 10 Reasons to Shop Local.  Click here to view our Individual Friend members. These are people who support the mission of Worcester Local First and either live in Worcester or Massachusetts and do not own and operate a business, or their business is not located in Worcester and/or not local and independent.  Click here to view the Google Map locations of our 240+ Underwriter, Sponsor and Business members. All are local, independent and based in Worcester.
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Advantages & Benefits of Local Independents
 Click here for information regarding the New England 10% Shift campaign, including an easy-to-use "Local Calculator." Click here for Ratings: Appliance Stores, Consumer Reports, August 2008, regarding how independent appliance stores rate against chain stores and Amazon.com.
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Worcester Local First Draws More Than 150 To 2008-2009 Business Directory Kick-off Party |
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Worcester Local First drew more than 150 businesses to our 2008-2009 Business Directory Kick-Off Party on February 20 at The Beechwood Hotel & Conference Center. During the Party, we announced details of our first-ever Directory, of which 30,000 copies will be published and distributed on or around July 1, 2008 to WLF members and sponsors. Since the announcement, new orders for Directory ads as well as WLF memberships and sponsorships have been flowing in at a steady rate. In addition, Rod Lee has written an excellent profile of Worcester Local First's Directory Party for "Biz Buzz" in the Telegram & Gazette. Click here for the article, in PDF format.
The 2008-2009 Directory will contain listings information on at least 200 Worcester Local First Founding Sponsors and Founding Members, paid ads for many of these sponsors and members, and lots of information about the growing, international Local First phenomenon, which in only five years has spread to more than 60 communities across the U.S. and Canada. The ad deadline is June 13, 2008. For ad rates and specifications, contact Steven Jones-D'Agostino at 508-791-0459 or
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City Manager Mike O'Brien made news when he addressed our Business Directory Kick-Off Party. He told attendees that Worcester needs a single property-tax rate (click here for more). Worcester Local First has not yet taken a position on this controversial issue. Mayor Konnie Lukes also addressed our gathering. As a token of appreciation, we have granted Honorary Memberships (Value: $50 each per year) to the City Manager's Office and the Mayor's Office. The winners of the Door Prizes at our Business Directory Kick-off Party are as follows: Janice Phaneuf of Annie's Book Stop: 30-second commercial on one episode of The Energy Freedom Fighters on WCRN/830 AM, which is broadcast and webcast four times per weekend. Value: $250. William Coleman III of the UMass Extenion Central Region Nutrition Education Program: C.C. Lowell gift certificate. Value: $100
Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, P.C. is a Founding Sponsor and Annie's Book Stop is a Founding Member of Worcester Local First.
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Business Underwriters, Sponsors & Members, and Individual Friends |
To view our growing roster of locally owned, independent business Underwriters, Sponsors and Members, visit our Marketplace section. Thank you to our business Underwriters, Sponsors and Members plus our individual Friends for your valuable support. To become a business Underwriter, Sponsor or Member or an individual Friend, visit our Membership page.
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