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NEW! "Get Local" Shopping Guide

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  The Third Edition of the Get Local! East Village Shopping Guide can be found in neighborhood stores and online now. Coming soon: Our Fourth Edition -- which will be released this fall with new stores, restaurants, and other local merchants.  Remember: When you shop locally, you help sustain and create local jobs, and you encourage creativity and individuality in our community.

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The East Village Community Coalition works to recognize, support, and sustain the built and cultural character of New York City's East Village.  This character includes a diverse population; low-rise, human scale, blocks and affordable buildings with historic and architectural significance; a multitude of community gardens; indigenous stores and businesses; and the neighborhood's history and ongoing tradition as a haven for those seeking freedom to express artistic, creative, and social concerns.

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Home arrow Campaigns arrow Get Local! Guide to East Village Shops: In Stores and Online NOW
Thursday, 08 May 2008
Get Local! Guide to East Village Shops: In Stores and Online NOW
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PYRAMID SCHEME Madonna once danced at the Pyramid Club on Avenue A, where you can dance today
The East Village is NOT a strip mall – the same chain stores you'll find in town after town are few and far between in this neighborhood.  We seek to keep our community unique, independent, and sustainable. 

So the EVCC is currently compiling the third edition of our Get Local! Guide to locally owned and operated stores. 

How can you help?  SHOP LOCAL! When you spend your money locally by avoiding franchises, chain stores, and the big-box retailers, there are many benefits to the community.

Here are a few...

*Choose creativity and personality over uniformity
*Provide economic diversity and stability
* Keep more of your money in your community
* Create local jobs with fair living wages
* Sustain small business owners who strengthen the local economy
* Defend our neighborhood's identity
* Fight the lie that "low prices" at chain stores makes up for the loss of local business ownership

Ready to start shopping?

To find local stores in the online Get Local! guide, click here

To assure that your business is listed in Get Local!:

Contact the EVCC by calling (212) 979-2344, or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

For more information on the benefits of Getting Local, check out these sites:

American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA)

Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE)

Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)

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