Take the GO! Local Challenge! Click on the image below.

border=0

JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST

Find out about events, deals and more. Sign up for the GO! Business Network email list.
* = required field

powered by MailChimp!
<p>Local is connections that go deeper than a dollar transaction.</p>

Becky Brun, Director of Gorge Owned Business Network

Local is connections that go deeper than a dollar transaction.

<p>Local means a community that can sustain itself.</p>

Paul Brown and Laurel Bourret, Wildwood Farm

Local means a community that can sustain itself.

<p>Local is staying the winter!</p>

Mark England, Hood River resident

Local is staying the winter!

<p>Local means a healthy and resilient community.</p>

Theresa North, Hood River resident

Local means a healthy and resilient community.

<p>Local equals community: Supporting your friends and neighbors.</p>

Jenny and Muir Cohen, Waucoma Bookstore

Local equals community: Supporting your friends and neighbors.

<p>Local is growing together.</p>

Yasmin Arlette Acosta-Meyers

Local is growing together.

<p>When oil runs out, LOCAL will be everything.</p>

Kevin McGonota, Visitor from Georgia

When oil runs out, LOCAL will be everything.

<p>Local means a bicycle ride away.</p>

John Joyer and Sakura Ridge staff

Local means a bicycle ride away.

<p>Local means getting your hands dirty and making pizza.</p>

Trevor Sheehan, Solstice Pizza

Local means getting your hands dirty and making pizza.

<p>Local means library....and lots of other wonderful things.</p>

Walrod Girls at the Farmers Market

Local means library....and lots of other wonderful things.

<p>Local means everything in the Gorge. Local means fresh. Local means friends.</p>

Grace and Delia Skakel, Eva Jones

Local means everything in the Gorge. Local means fresh. Local means friends.

<p>Local is Grandma´s garden. Local is my garden, my family, my life!</p>

Johanna Wyers and Jen Piatt, Green Team, Insitu

Local is Grandma´s garden. Local is my garden, my family, my life!

<p>Local is living with the seasons.</p>

Dave Martin, Trinity Natural Medicine

Local is living with the seasons.

<p>Local is my community: The 5 counties of the Columbia River Gorge.</p>

Bruce Bolme, GO! member

Local is my community: The 5 counties of the Columbia River Gorge.

<p>Local means being awesome! (of course)</p>

Nate Duval, Dog River Coffee

Local means being awesome! (of course)

<p>Local is friends who make and grow the food I eat.</p>

Amanda Lawrence, GO! member

Local is friends who make and grow the food I eat.

<p>You´d be loco not to buy local</p>

Jamel Badrieh, Lone Pine Village

You´d be loco not to buy local

<p>Local is buying here and living here.</p>

Cathy Higgins, New Buildings Institute

Local is buying here and living here.

<p>Local is considering all aspects of actions on LOCAL economy, environment and people!</p>

Carola Stepper, Cascade Acupuncture

Local is considering all aspects of actions on LOCAL economy, environment and people!

Green Drinks GO Local Green Biz Business Directory

Join us for GO! Talks

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

GO! Member Spotlight: Sixth Street Bistro

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

Discussion Group Seeks Sustainable Solutions

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

What are your Earth Day plans?

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?

March Green Drinks features the film “I AM”

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”

Green Drinks heads to Trinity Natural Medicine Feb. 9

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 GO! Local Challengers!

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!

Crossfit Hood River hosts Green Drinks Jan. 12th

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

Take the GO! Local Pledge

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

Join Hood River Citizens for a Local Economy Mailing List

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