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Home/What We Do/Action Teams/Economic Vitality/Buy Local First

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.

The Buy Local First campaign is co-sponsored by the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, Corvallis Chamber of Commerce, First Alternative Co-op, and Remarkable Arts.

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The Economic Vitality Action Team meets on the second Tuesday of each month, 4:15–5:30 pm via Zoom. To receive meeting announcements and other updates, join our Google Group.

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TEAM VISION & GOALS

Download a copy of the Economic Vitality vision, goals, strategies and actions outlined in Community Sustainability: A Framework for Action.

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