Visit our online directory of locally owned, independent businesses in Portland — and don’t be surprised by the variety, affordability, and quality of the goods and services you’ll find once you start thinking local! To see how we define "locally owned" and "independent," go to About Us.


SUSTAINING MEMBERS

Thank you!

A La Carte Services

Barber Foods

BENCHMARK Residential & Investment Real Estate

Casco Bay Eyecare

Coffee By Design

CornerStone Building & Restoration

David Munster’s TV

Eli Phant

e-onlinedata

Fetch

Goodwill Industries of Northern New England

Grace

Green Clean Maine

Green Tree Realty

Longfellow Books

Nine Stones Spa

Oakhurst Dairy

Planet Dog

Port Property Management

Portland Press Herald/ Maine Sunday Telegram

Portmanteau

PowerPay

Sawyer & Whitten Marine Electronics

Sebago Brewing Co.

Tsunami Tattoo

The Dog Wash, Etc.

Videoport

Wright-Ryan Construction Inc.

XPress Copy


Joan Leitzer
Peter Metsch
Stacy Mitchell
Craig Schneider
Kristen Smith
Lauren Wayne

For more on becoming a Sustaining Member, please see the Membership Application or contact us.



Portland Buy Local is a campaign of the Portland Independent Business & Community Alliance. Our mission is to support locally owned, independent businesses in Portland, to maintain our unique community character, provide continuing opportunities for entrepreneurs, build community economic strength, and prevent the displacement of community-based businesses by national and global chains.






Image

Why Support Locally Owned Businesses?
Our top ten reasons! You can also download this as a PDF flyer that you can print and distribute.
 
Organizations
National and local organizations that are working to strengthen independent businesses and downtowns.
 
Articles
Read more about the importance of local businesses and the value of buy-local campaigns.
 
Books
Our recommended reading list (in alphabetical order). All of these titles are available from Books Etc. and Longfellow Books.
 
Studies
Research on the economic and other benefits of supporting locally owned businesses.
 


Site construction by Jacob Halpert

© 2010 Portland Buy Local