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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!
The Gorge Owned Business Network invites all current and potential members to GO! Talks, an opportunity to exchange ideas through small-group discussions focused on marketing, environmental stewardship and community development. You’ll go home with new ideas, strategies and deeper connections with other GO! members. When: Tuesday, May 8th, 3 – 5 p.m. Where: Henni’s, . . . → Read More: Join us for GO! Talks Stacie and Chris Creasy Since purchasing Sixth Street Bistro in 2009, Stacie and Chris Creasy have been committed to continuing a legacy of environmental stewardship and community involvement at one of Hood River’s favorite local pubs. From rewarding its local customers with Two-For-Tuesday deals in the wintertime to dousing its menu with rotating . . . → Read More: GO! Member Spotlight: Sixth Street Bistro Waste not, want not: This is becoming the mantra for a growing number of businesses in the Gorge food service industry, as became even more apparent in “Sustainable Systems at Work,” a recent discussion series designed by the Northwest Earth Institute and spearheaded by the Gorge Owned Business Network. “It was a great opportunity . . . → Read More: Discussion Group Seeks Sustainable Solutions Earth Day 2012 is Sunday, April 22. Is your business or nonprofit planning a special event, promotion or initiative to raise awareness about eco-friendly products or services? Let us know! The Gorge Owned Business Network will be promoting our members’ Earth Day events throughout the month of April via our newsletter, website, Facebook page, . . . → Read More: What are your Earth Day plans? 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 |
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