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 Becky Brun, Director of Gorge Owned Business Network Local is connections that go deeper than a dollar transaction.  Jenny and Muir Cohen, Waucoma Bookstore Local equals community: Supporting your friends and neighbors.  Grace and Delia Skakel, Eva Jones Local means everything in the Gorge. Local means fresh. Local means friends.  Johanna Wyers and Jen Piatt, Green Team, Insitu Local is Grandma´s garden. Local is my garden, my family, my life!  Carola Stepper, Cascade Acupuncture Local is considering all aspects of actions on LOCAL economy, environment and people!
Join the Gorge Owned Business Network and other community organizations at Springhouse Cellar on Tuesday, March 13th for a screening of the documentary film “I AM.” I AM is an engaging and entertaining film that poses two practical and provocative questions: What’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make . . . → Read More: March Green Drinks features the film “I AM” Gorge Owned Business Network (GO!) hosts the next Gorge Green Drinks networking event on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at Trinity Natural Medicine in downtown White Salmon. Wine will be provided by Lyle, Washington-based Domaine Pouillon Winery and beer will be provided by Hood River-based Full Sail Brewing Company. Trinity Natural Medicine is a healing . . . → Read More: Green Drinks heads to Trinity Natural Medicine Feb. 9 Thanks to all who took the GO! Local Challenge!! The Challenge was quite successful, with more than 160 people and more than 40 businesses participating in the first annual GO! Local Challenge. Those who took the challenge spent more than $47,000 at locally owned businesses throughout the Gorge. Congrats to our GO! Local Challenge . . . → Read More: Thanks to all GO! Local Challengers! Gorge Owned Business Network (GO!) is hosting the first Gorge Green Drinks of 2012 at Crossfit Hood River in the Hood River Heights on Thursday, January 12, 2012. This month’s event features Crossfit founder Jeri McMaster as well Rod Parmenter, founder of PocketFuel. Volcanic Bottle Shoppe, a specialty beer seller located in The Heights, . . . → Read More: Crossfit Hood River hosts Green Drinks Jan. 12th When we shop locally rather than with national chains, 30% more money stays in our local economy. Why? Because locally owned businesses are more likely to support other locally owned business, provide living wage jobs, and donate to local charities. Pledge to shifting 10% of your purchases to local merchants in 2012 and get rewarded with . . . → Read More: Take the GO! Local Pledge Hood River Citizens for a Local Economy (“HRCLE”) is a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the State of Oregon that is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of a prosperous, localized economy in Hood River that protects the health, safety and welfare of the people who call Hood River home. Individuals and entities who wish . . . → Read More: Join Hood River Citizens for a Local Economy Mailing List Gorge Customers Take the GO! Local Challenge! Shift your purchases this holiday season to local merchants and get rewarded with good karma and prizes! It’s easy! Enter 3 purchases totaling at least $50 made during GO! local month November 17 – December 31. Here’s why. Did you know? If every . . . → Read More: Take the GO Local Challenge – Win Prizes! Thanks to Frugal Dad for creating this very telling, very scary info graphic about the impact of Walmart on the global economy. Source: http://frugaldad.com If you’re a small business owner or community member in the Gorge, you’ve likely heard someone ask, “Do we want the Gorge to become Anyplace, USA?” The desire of any community to preserve their unique culture—made up of independent retailers, artists, natural beauty and more—is getting harder and harder, given the economic pressures coming from . . . → Read More: The Walmart Effect Nearly 50 people gathered at Springhouse Cellar on Thursday, October 27th to celebrate the Gorge Owned Business Network’s one-year anniversary. The network, which is an affiliate of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, has grown from 20 members to 75 members in the last year. From its monthly Green Drinks event to its . . . → Read More: GO! Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary |
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