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
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Portland Farmers Market meets the pandemic, still provides great local food
THE PORTLAND PALATE Portland Farmers Market252 years of excellence in fresh, local produce Review and Photos by James Fereira Summer in Maine is final... 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
Silver Linings: Local foods & time to experiment
Tara Treichel of SeaMade Every month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz caught up with T... 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
Homage to Local Sprouts
By Kate Goldfield Just today [August 6th], I made the very disturbing discovery that Local Sprouts, the independent food cooperative at 649 Congress,... Read more
Love Local Month
By Mary Alice Scott As part of our ongoing Shift to Local campaign, we encourage our community to shift 10% of their spending to local, independent bu... Read more
Be Out, Be Local, Be Healthy
By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director Portland Buy Local has many health and wellness members who are in business to keep you happy and healthy.... Read more
Pop Ups & Fairs for Local Art Gifts
By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director It’s the most “local-ful” time of the year! It’s the time of year when many of us are looking for somethin... Read more
