Buy Local First

We challenge you to consider locally owned independent businesses FIRST when making purchases. Money spent in a locally owned business generates more economic benefits—measured in income, wealth, jobs and tax revenue—than money spent at a national chain or globally owned business.

Why Buy Local First?

• Prosperity
  Of every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $45 goes back into the local economy. Only $13 of every $100 spent at a chain store stays in the community. When you buy from a “Mom or Pop” business, you are not helping a CEO buy a third vacation home. You are helping a mom or dad put food on the table, a family pay a mortgage, or a student pay for college. Buying what you need from our locally owned independent businesses supports people who are part of our community!
• Stability
  Local ownership minimizes the chance that a company or business will pull up stakes and move to another town.
• Flexibility
  Local business owners are generally more available to their customers and more interested in developing personal relationships, value feedback and accommodate customers’ requests.
• Diversity
  Local businesses help a community retain its unique character.
• Sustainability
  Spending money at a locally owned business decreases transportation costs, reduces the use of underpaid labor and rewards those who are not outsourcing jobs.

Buy Local First Day is held each year during the holiday season. C0-sponsored by the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, Corvallis Chamber of Commerce, Business Enterprise Center, and HOUR Exchange.