"Think Local" conversation reaching more in Denver

We love this article in the Denver Business Journal about a recent Downtown Denver Partnership event where Andre Pettigrew from the Denver Office of Economic Development advocated buying and investing locally as a key aspect in addressing our current economic instability. The article notes:

Besides recommending that people buy from local companies, Pettigrew added, “I’m going to up the ante” and recommended that they also invest locally, citing growing Colorado economic sectors such as biosciences and alternative energy.

Combined with emerging projects in Centennial and through the Denver Newspaper Agency, it's becoming clearer to us how much the importance of focusing on our local business capacities is connecting with more and more people.

This is why we started organizing locally owned businesses more than a year ago, and currently have over 120 business members who are working together to create more successful companies that work together to create a stronger local economy.

You can find out more about our campaign and search a directory of over 430,000 Colorado-based businesses at www.ColoradoLocalFirst.com