Find your early winter bliss with a local business!
By Mary Alice Scott In a typical year, January represents a welcome feeling of quiet, a chance to slow down, and a respite from the busy social events... Read more
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Support Local Business with the Buy Local Gift Guide
By Mary Alice Scott Every year, Portland Buy Local produces an annual gift guide to inspire community members to shop locally and support the small bu... Read more
We need elected leaders who will support local businesses
By Mary Alice Scott You’ve probably heard it before. Buying something from a locally-owned, independent business instead of a chain puts 3.5x more mon... Read more
Supporting small business builds social capital
Home Away from Home By Mary Alice Scott, Portland Buy Local In September 2010, my college roommate and I moved into her grandmother’s spare bedroom in... Read more
Top 3 Concerns Facing Local Business – By Portland Buy Local
Local Business Survey Reveals Grim Outlook By Mary Alice Scott, Portland Buy Local Every month, I sit down to write an article for The West End News a... Read more
Building a New Normal for Local Business
By Mary Alice Scott It feels a little strange (actually, it feels very strange) to be moving towards “normal” operations right now. Between a global p... Read more
Covid-19 Customer Conduct – A little help communicating new rules
By Mary Alice Scott As businesses begin to carefully re-open, the challenges they face are immense. Portland Buy Local overwhelmingly represents micro... Read more
Buy Local – A Movement During a Pandemic
By Mary Alice Scott For many years, the Buy Local movement has focused its efforts on communicating the value of local businesses to individual towns... Read more
Disruption Worse for Local Business than Big Chains
By Mary Alice Scott Writing a column that will be relevant for the whole month of April 2020 feels like an unusually daunting task. I am writing this... Read more
Local Economy 2020
Portland Buy Local works with national movement to re-envision the local economy movement By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director Unprecedented gr... Read more
