Guest Post: Why Human-to-Human (H-to-H) Interactions Are Key to Small Business Success

By |2025-01-24T13:13:32-07:00January 24th, 2025|Act Local, Create Local, Eat Local, General, Home Page, News, Shop Local|

Guest Post: Why Human-to-Human (H-to-H) Interactions Are Key to Small Business Success In today's fast-paced business environment, where transactions are often prioritized over human connections, it's essential to remind ourselves of the fundamental truth that businesses are built by and for people. Rebecca Melançon, Co-Founder of the Local Business Institute brings [...]

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How to Support Local Businesses in 2025: Your Guide to Strengthening Your Community

By |2025-01-10T15:34:20-07:00January 10th, 2025|Act Local, Create Local, Eat Local, General, Home Page, News, Shop Local|

How to Support Local Businesses in 2025: Your Guide to Strengthening Your Community As we enter 2025, it's the perfect time to double down on supporting the local businesses and organizations that make our communities thrive. In a world that’s increasingly driven by big corporations, staying connected to our local businesses [...]

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Make Childcare More Affordable for Families by Reducing the High Cost of Healthcare

By |2024-12-27T14:43:19-07:00December 27th, 2024|Act Local, General, Home Page, News|

Make Childcare More Affordable for Families by Reducing the High Cost of Healthcare By: Doug McCarthy | December 27, 2024 The high cost of childcare and its burden on working families is a hot topic in our community. Yet consider this: one of the best ways to make childcare more affordable for local [...]

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Membership Matters

By |2023-06-07T12:55:12-06:00June 7th, 2023|Act Local, General, Home Page, News, Shop Local|

Membership Matters By Lauren Berutich, Local First and Sadie Schafer, Local First | Originally published in the Durango Herald Saturday, May 27, 2023 2:17 PM I fondly remember my first membership to an organization. I was 10 and saved up money from babysitting and my allowance. It was the 80’s and before [...]

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Shop Local for the Planet

By |2023-03-29T11:21:32-06:00March 29th, 2023|Act Local, General, Home Page, News, Shop Local|

Support Local for the Planet By supporting independently-owned retailers, farmers, entrepreneurs, and companies, we are choosing to invest in a future with a healthier, more sustainable community and world. By Louise Snodgrass, Local First | Originally published in the Durango Herald Tuesday, Mar 28, 2023 5:58 PM With the dramatic effects of climate change [...]

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Local First receives $150,000 to offer support services for Durango businesses

By |2023-03-22T11:31:28-06:00March 21st, 2023|Act Local, Home Page, News|

Local First receives $150,000 to offer support services for Durango businesses. Local First is grateful to an anonymous local donor for their generous gift through the Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado. This contribution will directly support our efforts to promote local self-resiliency and well-being. Read the full Durango Herald Article below! [...]

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Standing Up For Indie Business

By |2022-07-29T08:36:08-06:00July 9th, 2022|Act Local, Independents Week, News|

Standing up for Thriving Indie Business By Emily Bell, Local First Managing Director (Published July 8th, 2022 in The Durango Herald). It is Independent’s Week! For most, that means celebrating the founding of the United States, but here at Local First, it also means celebrating our local, independently-owned businesses. We’ve said it before and [...]

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Minicozzi Returns to Durango

By |2022-04-04T09:37:16-06:00April 1st, 2022|Act Local, General, Home Page, Land Use, News, Press Releases|

Minicozzi Returns to Durango, Gives Insight on Former 9-R Building Well-known urban planner, Joe Minicozzi, returns for Harnessing Opportunity in Durango webcast presentation. With the debate surrounding the use of the former 9-R Administration Building remaining in the minds of many Durango business owners and residents, Local First called upon highly [...]

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Local First Foundation Announces $535,000 Support for Westside Mobile Home Park

By |2022-03-24T16:21:34-06:00March 24th, 2022|Act Local, News|

Local First Foundation announces $535,000 support for Westside Mobile Home Park Residents and community groups have raised thousands to support a second offer for the Durango property. Originally published in Durango Herald, March 24th, 2022. Written by By Aedan Hannon Residents of Westside Mobile Home Park have rallied the Durango community as they [...]

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Local First to Host “Harnessing Opportunity in Durango” Webcast

By |2022-03-18T13:25:09-06:00March 18th, 2022|Act Local, General, Home Page, Land Use, News, Press Releases|

Local First to Host “Harnessing Opportunity in Durango” WebcastWell-known urban planner, Joe Minicozzi, returns to Durango for a presentation contextualizing the opportunities available in historic redevelopment projects, including the former 9-R Administration Building. Local First is pleased to announce Joe Minicozzi, an AICP Urban Planner and founder of Urban3, will return to Durango for [...]

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