Wednesday is Member Mixer Night. We invite you to join the "Buy Local" movement in Kingston. This is a great opportunity to meet other local business owners and enthusiasts for an informal networking event about the Kingston - Buy Local campaign.

Next Member Mixer

DATE:   Wednesday , 2008

TIME:   pm

LOCATION:

Please view our Business Directory (on the left) to find other Independent Bussinesses and Organizations who have joined.

Please support our local independent businesses, organizations and food producers.

Becoming a Member is the most important thing you can do for yourself, your business, and the comunity of Kingston.

What Can You Do?

Talk To Your Customers about the importance of local businesses and the challenges they face against the huge big-box and multi-nationals. Encourage them to visit www.KingstonBuyLocal.com for more information.

Educate Your Employees about the "Buy Local" movement so they will be better equipped to answer customer's questions about your involvement with the movement. Have your employees encourage the customers to visit the website for more information.

Recruit Other Locally Owned Businesses by explaining the benefits for them and the community of Kingston.

Source Goods & Services from other locally owned businesses. Examine your list of vendors and look for opportunities to shift some or all of your purchasing from non-local to local suppliers.

Spread The Word about the Kingston Buy Local movement. Help by writing letters and news releases to the local newspapers, televison station, radio stations, and other media outlets.

Put a 'link' on your website with a nice write up about the movement.

Encourage community and non-profit groups you are involved with to include information about the "Kingston - Buy Local" movement   in their newsletters, on their websites (linking to www.KingstonBuyLocal.com website) and to join the movement as well.

Give Locally - consider sponsoring and donating to local charities and non-profits, in addition to national and international non-profits you might already support. By donating locally, you and the Kingston community will receive many of the same economic and social benefits as when you buy local goods and services.

ALL TOGETHER we can promote locally owned, independent businesses in a effort to preserve Kingston's unique character and ongoing economic viability. There IS

We shall strive to support our goals through advocacy and education within the community, as well as with member benefits in cooperative marketing.

We shall strive to highlight not only the local independence of our membership, and the importance of shopping locally in Kingston, but also the economic impact that such a choice makes.

Please Contact Us and let us know of your ideas, concerns and questions regarding Kingston - Buy Local! Real Change only happens from the bottom up. Become a part of this rapidly growing MOVEMENT today.

A Local Independent Business:

• is owned by area resident(s), not publicly traded, and
• the owner(s) have full decision-making function for the business.