Support Arizona - Shop Local Arizona Businesses
June 16, 2010
In the past few weeks, I have received quite a few emails from folks from across the country looking for ways to support Arizona businesses. There are a lot of helpful websites out there that have listings of Arizona businesses.
While there isn’t any single source for all Arizona businesses, I’d like to take a minute today to highlight Local First Arizona which is a coalition of locally owned, independent businesses in Arizona. These are locally based companies that employ Arizona workers. Click here to visit their website. We all know how important local economies are to successful, stable, and sustainable communities.
As part of their effort, they also have a listing of Arizona stores who have online shops for those who would like to make purchases. Click here to get a listing of stores.
I appreciate all of the encouragement that I have received over the past few months and all of the efforts to support Arizona. This year, June 28th through July 4th marks the 8th anniversary of National Independents Week, a time we celebrate independent businesses from around the state. I encourage you to take a minute to find some opportunities to shop locally online or come to Arizona yourself and check out some of these amazing businesses.
