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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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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA)
The Portland Independent Business and Community Alliance, which created Portland Buy Local, is affiliated with the American Independent Business Alliance, a national organization that helps people start and sustain local independent business alliances and buy-local campaigns. Portland Buy Local is one of nearly three dozen similar initiatives in other cities around the country.
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE)
Building and empowering local business networks to foster sustainable, community-based economies.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)
A national nonprofit organization working to advance sustainable, equitable, and community-centered economic development through research, educational activities, and technical assistance. Programs include Hometown Advantage (strategies and policies for reviving locally owned business) and Big Box Tool Kit.
National Main Street Center
Effective model and many resources to help revitalize downtowns and neighborhood business districts.
Portland's Downtown District
Supporting and promoting the economic vitality of downtown Portland. |
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