I was in Eugene, Oregon over Christmas. Eugene is a delightful town, it’s beautiful, clean, bike-friendly, a community rather than a city, houses the University of Oregon, Lane Community College, Northwest Christian college, 2 large rival high schools, and a bike path that stretches along the Willamette for at least 10-15 miles. Most buildings in town are about 5-8 stories high, and the shopping belongs to 5th Street and Coburg Village. I said above that it’s “delightful,” well it’s also darling.
It was in Eugene, that I picked up a card that had this awesome graphic on the front, simple BOLD copy to read, and tons of information on the back about what www.chooselocal.com is all about.
Choose Local is a community-minded initiative that was born and raised as an idea in Oregon (I love you). The card I picked up in the store says:
Sponsored by Coburg Station. Powered by MapClicks.com. Instant savings to shop, dine & unwind. Offers regularly updated. No points to collect. Helps the local economy. Valid for discounts at participating merchant members only. Merchants to determine their own discounts. AND, you can get the offers on your phone! at mobile.chooselocal.com
Sold. Awesome. Choose Local sounds like a program for me.
Let me know if you have Choose Local or a program like it in your area.
Super cool. 
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Les Morecharles // January 23, 2010 at 5:00 pm |
The ChooseLocal Link is broken. Do you have a better address?
Love,
Les Morecharles
Les Morecharles // January 23, 2010 at 5:03 pm |
http://www.chooselocal.com/ seems to make the difference. This link goes there. I don’t see the difference, but this works better; actually this works at all.