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 to those members who have contributed beyond their regular dues:

Alpine Linen Service
Coffee By Design
Fetch
Free Range Fish & Lobster
Goodwill Industries of Northern New England
Longfellow Books
Oakhurst Dairy
Planet Dog
Portmanteau
Sebago Brewing Co.
Supreme Clean
Tsunami Tattoo
Videoport

Joan Leitzer
John McVeigh
Peter Metsch
Stacy Mitchell
Kristen Smith

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.






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Articles

The Benefits of Doing Business Locally
By Jeff Milchen, American Independent Business Alliance

Study Finds More People Shopping Locally Owned Thanks to "Think Local First"
The Hometown Advantage, Dec. 3, 2006

Ensuring a Future for Independent Businesses
by Stacy Mitchell, May 19, 2006

An Open Letter to Bellingham
by Michael Shuman, May 2006

Celebrating Independents: America's Independent Businesses Have Reasons for Optimism
by Stacy Mitchell, July 2, 2004

Massive retail expansion could harm Maine's economy
by Stacy Mitchell, Maine Sunday Telegram, Jan. 11, 2004

Independent Businesses, Unite!
In Business, July 2003

10 Reasons Why Maine's Homegrown Economy Matters & 50 Proven Ways to Revive It
Practical tools for strengthening locally owned business, written by Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and published by Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility, 2006.

 


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