Shop locally this holiday season and support our local economy!
Buy Local First Holiday Contest
November 23–December 7
Visit participating businesses and enter to win great prizes (no purchase necessary).
Get social to win!
Check-in on social media for additional chances to win the grand prize.
Post your photos on our Facebook event: BLF Holiday Contest 2019
4 Spirits Distillery
- Animal Crackers
- Browsers’ Bookstore
- Burlap & Lace
- CBD Scientific
- Cheesy Stuffed Burger
- Conundrum House
- Corvallis Copy Center
- Country Vitamins
- First Alternative Co-op
- FIRST Corvallis
- Footwise
- Garland Nursery
- Good Dog Landscape Maintenance & Design
- Grass Roots Books
- Midway Farms
- Plant Posse
- Robnett’s Hardware
- Running Princess
- Seoul Sisters Boutique & Seoul Sisters Korean Beauty
- Shonnard’s Nursery, Florist & Landscape
- Sky High Brewing
- The Book Bin
- Whimsey Supper Club
- Whole Flower Farms
Extravaganza Winter Marketplace
Saturday, December 14
11am–4pm
Benton County Fairgrounds, Guerber Hall
Celebrating all things local. Local food, local arts, local products, local music, local currency.
Find a wide assortment of unique gifts and meet their makers! Both functional and fanciful items and all locally made. Foods, pottery, natural home and body care products, art, lights, clothing (tie-dye, knitted, upcycled), textiles, jewelry, baskets, farm products (like garlic and Brussels sprouts), jams, note cards.
Hosted by the HOUR Exchange. See their Facebook event for more info.
Why Buy Local First?
- PROSPERITY
Every dollar spent at a locally owned independent business generates two to four times more economic benefit in the community than a dollar spent at a globally owned business. - STABILITY
Local ownership minimizes the chance that a business will pull up stakes and move to another town. - FLEXIBILITY
Local business owners are generally more available to their customers to develop personal relationships, hear feedback and accommodate customer requests. - DIVERSITY
Local businesses help a community retain its unique character. - SUSTAINABILITY
Spending money at locally-owned businesses decreases transportation costs, reduces the use of underpaid labor, and rewards those that are not shipping jobs overseas.
Sponsored by Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, HOUR Exchange, Corvallis Chamber of Commerce and The Business Enterprise Center.