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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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Click here for the latest newsletter from the Business Alliance of Local Living Economies, of which Worcester Local First is a member. |
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It's Easy & Affordable to Join Worcester Local First Now! Click here for information regarding upcoming Worcester Local First events and activities Click here for local media coverage of Worcester Local First.  Looking to start up, locate or expand a business in Worcester proper? - Click here for the City of Worcester's "Filing a Business Certificate" web page.
- Click here for the City of Worcester's "Executive Office of Economic, Neighborhood & Workforce Development" web page.
- Click here to learn more about the City of Worcester.
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.
Surviving & Thriving in a Tough Economy!
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Join us in making the 10% Shift! |
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Worcester Local First Puts 10% Shift in Gear We launched our campaign on March 16, 2009 at City Hall
Click here for more information on Worcester's 10% Shift campaign. Click here for Worcester businesses, organizations and individuals who have taken the 10% Shift Pledge. Click here for information on the New England-wide 10% Shift initiative.
Click here to watch Joe Grafton, coordinator of the 10% Shift campaign, and Bill Cavanagh, co-chair of Worcester Local First, be interviewed on Soapbox on WCCA-TV/Channel 13. The 30-minute episode will be available 24/7 in MP4 format. Click here as of May 25, 2009 to hear Joe Grafton, coordinator of the 10% Shift campaign, be interviewed on The Business Beat on WICN/90.5 FM. The 30-minute episode will be available 24/7 in MP3 and podcast formats.
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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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