Buy Local First Holiday Contest

Shop locally this holiday season and support our local economy!

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.