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
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Council Repeals Portland’s Stay at Home Order
Portland To Base COVID-19 Response on Governor Mills’ Reopening Plan PORTLAND, Maine — In light of Governor Janet Mills’ April 28 announcement... Read more
Creative Portland’s Artist Relief Fund… and how you can help
As the City’s official nonprofit arts agency, Creative Portland’s COVID-19 resilience plan is to create and manage the Portland Artist Relief Fund, an... 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
Your gift gives more when you buy local
By Mary-Alice Scott December is the peak of gift-giving season for many, and Portland Buy Local Holiday Gift Guide is here to help make it easier! For... Read more
A Buy Local Thanksgiving…
Peak time for eating locally! By Mary Alice Scott November marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season — but not just for gifting! Thanksgiving... 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
The Buy Local Movement Today
By Mary Alice Scott As a community, we seem to value local business more than ever before. We recognize that locally owned, independent businesses sha... Read more
Portland Must-Do Summer Fun
By Mary Alice Scott With June’s arrival, fun in the sun is on everyone’s mind. Throughout the year, we encourage our community to “Shift to Local” and... Read more
