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Monday, 19 December 2011 12:36
Have a Great Gift Idea? Tell Us!
Well. There's only a few days until the big day. Here’s a thought for holiday shopping: rather than wandering aimlessly around the big box the day before the big holiday, what if great gift ideas came to you from our network of passionate small business owners? It is late notice,…
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:55
Give a Gift to Local First Utah
Dear Local First Partner, As I sat down to write this letter and began listing all of the ways Local First Utah is working to promote local businesses to consumers, educating the public and government about the importance and richness local businesses bring to our community, I realized that I…
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Thursday, 27 October 2011 19:42
2nd Annual LocalMotive Award Winners Announced!
Last week saw some superstars of local business come together in the fabulous atrium of the Salt Lake Hardware building. Why, you ask? And just who are these superstars of which I speak? You mean, you weren’t there? Well here’s why: Local First Utah’s second annual LocalMotive awards. What are…
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Sunday, 16 October 2011 20:00
4: Harmons and Other Not Normal (read: exceptional) Local Purveyors of Things Including Food
Let’s get right to it, shall we? “We are excited to spend the evening with our fellow local vendors/businesses and share some tricks of the trade,” says Harmons Grocer’s Jessica Bott. “It is always fun being with your peers.” Of course, we all know by now that Harmons is a…
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Sunday, 16 October 2011 19:52
THIRD PART: “Pretty in Print.”
It’s always encouraging to see locals coming together to produce great things. Yesterday you read about SanSegal and SLUG Magazine, but they are just a couple of examples of print- and design-based organizations having an impact on Utah’s culture and economy. Edible Wasatch, City Weekly, and Salt Lake Magazine, and…
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Sunday, 16 October 2011 19:27
THE SECOND PART: “Like-Minded People…in the Same Room!”
By now you’re pretty jazzed that the big show will be well managed. While the recycling and event coordination will be going on behind the scenes, you will be able to engage freely in the celebration. That includes a little something we at Local First like to call a, “Silent…
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Sunday, 16 October 2011 18:53
Just What is Celebrate the Bounty?
Local First Utah is fortunate to have more than two dozen incredible sponsors support Celebrate the Bounty this year.. Thanks to their help, Utah’s network of independent businesses and independent people from all walks of local life will grow ever stronger. And while their support has been building behind the…
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Monday, 03 October 2011 20:19
CTB 2011: Strength and Vitality through Community
With the autumnal equinox recently passed, it goes without saying that most people’s minds are tuned to celebrating the bounty, and, specifically, to Local First Utah’s annual Celebrate the Bounty. Named in City Weekly’s Best of Utah 2011 as the “Best Benefit for Local Love,” Local First Utah’s Celebrate the…
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Saturday, 17 September 2011 22:23
Southern Utah Outreach 2011 (Part 6: "The Final Day")
Day 3: The Final Day It reads ominously: Day 3. Like the third day in a movie after the alien ship first occupies the expanses of the sky over the city or a virus takes hold of some remote Middlesex, Village, or Farm. Day three. Indeed there was a bit…
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Saturday, 17 September 2011 22:17
Southern Utah Outreach 2011 (Part 5: "Communities in Collaboration")
Communities in Collaboration Paraphrasing the conversation, it boils down (as always) to matters of choices in consumption: Before you go to Wal-Mart, think about what you can get locally in order to keep those businesses here—you can risk losing them, and what’s more you can’t complain about the city and…
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