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Local Business Recovery Fund 2021

GO LOCAL and Sustaining Technologies are offering a matching funds program to help dozens of locally owned businesses strengthen their marketing to increase sales.

Chain Pharmacy Pricing is a Tough Pill to Swallow

This article, co-authored by GO LOCAL's Janeen Murray and originally published in the June 2018 issue of the Sonoma County Gazette, explores a new report from the Consumers Union which shows that chains get away with pricing prescription drugs several times higher than local pharmacies.

MERCHANTS: Refer Local Overview and Upcoming Meetings

Refer Local is a monthly networking and referral meeting for GO LOCAL members, supporting our mission of economic development marketing through relationship building and local patronage. Get to know your fellow GO LOCAL business members and gain new customers!

Local Economic Pollinators

Resident consumption controls 70% of the economy. Buying local packs a powerful force for economic good.

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Womens' Spaces TV Show Features GO LOCAL

Elaine B. Holtz interviews team and board member Janeen Murray.

03/19/2013

Grown Local Marin County Expands

This article appears in the Marin Independent Journal and is written by Megan Hansen. It describes the Grown Local program in Marin County as expanded from Sonoma County.

03/10/2013

The Cooperative Way to a Stronger Economy

Co-ops—just like people—can get more done together than anyone can do alone. They come in many forms, and are more common than you might imagine.

03/01/2013

GRAPHIC: The GO LOCAL Story So Far

GO LOCAL infographic that highlights milestones of achievement in 2012.

11/29/2012

GO LOCAL Bucks featured on KRCB Radio's "North Bay Report"

Economic benefits multiply when dollars re-circulate in the local business community. Creating a form of local money ensures it won't go elsewhere, and that's what GoLocal is quietly doing here in Sonoma County.

11/16/2012

What Goes Around...

Several years ago Derek Huntington and Philip Beard cooked up the idea of ‘spendable rebates’ conveyed through digital card readers and plastic cards linked through the internet to form a network.

10/07/2012

GO LOCAL and Sustaining Technologies Ink New Deal

GO LOCAL has entered into a new five-year management agreement for management services to be provided by Sustaining Technologies (ST).

01/05/2012

Sonoma County and the Vitality of Independent Retail

In short, the study reveals the relative strength of locally owned businesses expressed by an index score for every MSA. They measured the retail market share for chain stores nationwide and by each MSA, with the assumption that the remaining share belonged to local and regional retailers. The national baseline index equals 100, and Sonoma County's index is 128.3.

01/30/2011

Terry Garrett