BUY LOCAL CAMPAIGN
Our Milwaukee’s Buy Local Campaign Celebrate Your Independents! will be held at participating member businesses from Monday, July 7 – Sunday, July 13. Our Milwaukee’s Celebrate Your Independents campaign is intended to raise consumer awareness in our community about the positive economic impact that patronizing local businesses offers as well as to showcase the goods and services that make Milwaukee like no other city! Special promotions include:+ A free movie screening (open to the public) of the award winning documentary Independent America, Tuesday, July 8, 7 pm at the Times Cinema, 5906 W. Vliet St.
+ A prize drawing featuring multiple prizes from Our Milwaukee member businesses
+ Special offers & discounts from participating member businesses
For more information about participating businesses and details of the prize drawing and special offers visit http://www.ourmilwaukee.net.
"Choosing to patronize local businesses helps maintain Milwaukee’s unmistakable style. Local business owners don’t just own businesses in our community - they live here too! They understand the unique needs and interests of their neighbors.” – Lynn Sbonik, Beans & Barley
About Our Milwaukee:
In order to make Milwaukee a more sustainable community, Our Milwaukee’s goal is to build market share for locally-owned, independent businesses by increasing awareness about the personal and community benefits of choosing local. This dynamic alliance was founded by some of Milwaukee’s most memorable and unique independently owned businesses.
Our Milwaukee is part of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), which is an international alliance of more than 50 independently operated local business networks with more than 15,000 members dedicated to building local living economies.
Why Support Local Businesses:
+ For every $100 in consumer spending with a local business,$68 remains in the local economy.
+ For every $100 in consumer spending with a chain business, $43 remains in the local economy.
+ Over 70% of people prefer to patronize locally-owned businesses
— From 2004 study by Civic Economics Andersonville Development Corporation and Chamber of Commerce
For more information about BALLE and local living economies visit http://www.livingeconomies.org. For more information about the economic impact of locally owned businesses on a community visit http://www.civiceconomics.com/Andersonville/.
Our Milwaukee is a business alliance that advocates for locally owned businesses that provide a genuine, quality experience – in celebration of our community’s unique character.