Our History
In 2003 and 2004, a group composed of long-time local business owners, new business owners, and community members began to meet to talk about their concern that it was becoming more and more difficult for locally-owned businesses to survive in this area.
This group shared a common belief that strong communities begin with
businesses that are a part of the fabric of our community, and that express
their connection to and respect for their community in their choices of
goods and services and the way in which these are provided. To strengthen
these locally-owned businesses, the group formed a nonprofit called the
Living Economy Network (LEN) so that they could connect businesses to one
another and educate the community about the value of local ownership.
Recently LEN changed their name to Think Local First, and published their second annual business directory in November 2006 in order to engage and educate our community.
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