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 | | | The Lauraville Business District Gets 'Buy Local' Designation
 Maybe you've seen the signs in the Red Canoe or Chameleon Café--Greater Lauraville and the Lauraville Business District have achieved 'Buy Local' designation through the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance!
Buy Local (www.buylocal baltimore.org) is a grassroots campaign of the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance (www.csballiance.org ) designed to educate Baltimore area residents to Think Local when they are considering where to make purchases, to Buy Local whenever possible and to Be Local by supporting businesses that keep our community unique. We want to increase market share to independent, locally owned businesses by increasing awareness about the personal and community benefits of choosing local.
Through the designation, the Lauraville Business District joins other commercial districts in Baltimore such as Hampden, Fells Point and Federal Hill in promoting local retail to shoppers in the Greater Baltimore area. Buy Local will launch its annual Holiday shopping campaign in November by publishing a directory of its members. The directory will have three categories: business district (geographic), business type, and alphabetical. It will include maps of the districts, and a member card good for promotional items at participating stores.
Current Greater Lauraville Buy Local members include:
The Buy Local campaign is intended to be a multi-year campaign, which began in November 2004 with an initial focus on restaurants, retail and service businesses.
The objectives of the campaign are to: - Re-circulate more dollars in our community to promote a strong local economy
- Support and strengthen locally owned, independent businesses and local jobs
- Preserve and enhance our unique neighborhoods
Warm thanks are extended to Phil Kiracofe, the Program Director for Buy Local at CSBA, who helped design the outreach program to local merchants. Have questions, feel free to e-mail Phil at phil@csballiance. org.
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Thanks to all of you who have volunteered your time to help us here at the Neighborhoods of Greater Lauraville! We appriciate what you do for us! Sincerely,
Lorrie Schoettler Neighborhoods of Greater Lauraville
phone: 410-444-9188 fax: 410-444-9288 |
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