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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!
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 The Gorge Owned Business Network (GO!) is arming businesses with an arsenal of tools aimed at driving more customers to their doors—just in time for the holidays. GO! is putting the final touches on plans for GO! Local Month, an educational and marketing campaign aimed at encouraging customers to “think local first” when doing . . . → Read More: Gearing Up For GO! Local Month Becky Brun, Founder and Director of the Gorge Owned Business Network, was recently featured on the Localite with Jon Compton. In the interview, she discusses the sustainable business concepts the network fosters as well as the benefits the network aims to provide for its members. . . . → Read More: GO! Founder on CGN’s Localite Starting September 1st, hundreds of businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies across Oregon and SW Washington will compete in the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s annual Bike Commute Challenge, a month-long competition between workplaces to see who can log the most miles biked to and from work. This year, the Gorge Owned Business Network (GO!) and the . . . → Read More: Are YOU a Super Commuter? When Kirby Erdely, owner of KE Designs Cabinetry in White Salmon, found out that Mid-Columbia Habitat for Humanity was building two houses in his backyard, he tracked down coordinator Stan Horack to find out what he could do to help. Over the last year, KE Designs, which specializes in design, sales, and installation of kitchen . . . → Read More: Member Spotlight: KE Designs Are you a small business owner or farmer running into challenges accessing capital in this economic climate? Come to Springhouse Cellar on Wednesday, July 27th from 4-6 p.m. to learn how to identify financial resources that can help you strengthen or grow your business. Indulge in a sip of local wine or beer and . . . → Read More: Growing Community Capital Jeff Leonard, founder of Mosier Survival Garden Gorge Owned Business Network welcomes all Gorge residents to The Thirsty Woman Pub on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 for a Gorge Green Drinks featuring Jeff Leonard of Mosier Survival Garden. Mosier Survival Gardens grows vegetables for Mosier residents using organic growing techniques and cold frames for . . . → Read More: Bike to Green Drinks Aug. 9! |
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