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[GOLDEN TICKET] Enjoy getting shafted by businesses? Like getting screwed out of good deals? If yes, move on. If no, you’re in luck. The Choose Local card is a free card that gets you discounts and freebies from all kinds of businesses, from frame shops and restaurants to salons and hotels all year round. Now it’ll feel like you’re shafting and screwing your way to fiscal responsibility. Visit chooselocal.com for info. Read the story at wweek.com...

Give Help, Get Help, Choose Local

Give Help, Get Help, Choose Local: City Council's new "Portland is Better Together" initiative

The action by City Council highlights goals of the Portland is Better together initiative, which encourages Portlanders to Give Help, Get Help, and Choose Local

Read the story... Portland Sentinel, January 16, 2009

Mayor Sam Adams Promotes the Choose Local Program!

Mayor Sam Adams Promotes the Choose Local Program! Mayor Sam Adams and all of City Council volunteered at the Oregon Food Bank this afternoon, to kick off the Better Together strategy, encouraging Portlanders to volunteer more during the recession, and choose local businesses, to support the city's economy. Read more...

Choose Local and Save

In 2009, spending judiciously has become a priority for most of us. Fortunately, a friend of ours has devised a wonderful way to support local businesses and save money at the same time. It's called the Choose Local Card Program. Very Portland. Read the story...
neighborhoodnotes.com, January, 2009

Save Money at Local Businesses with Choose Local Card

Due to the mind-boggling amount of snow outside my house, I’ve been surfing the ‘net all morning and discovered the Choose Local Card. The Choose Local Card is free and allows you to get discounts at more than 100 local businesses in Portland. You can pick up the card at many locations around town. Once you do, you register your card at ChooseLocal.com. Then, once a month, you’ll get an email about current deals. You can also check for deals on the Choose Local website. Read the story... AroundTheSunBlog, December 22, 2008

Weak Economy Gift Buy Nothing Forces

Anti-consumption activists hope retail sales fizzle this Christmas season. They've spent 16 years encouraging people to buy nothing. As we explore the role of shoppers in the financial crisis in our "Holiday Freeze" series, Christy George of Oregon Public Broadcasting looks at whether this year, buying nothing is finally catching on.

"The Bee and Thistle shop is a recent member of Choose Local - a group of locally-owned stores offering customers a discount card."

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OPB News, December 11, 2008