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"The Small-Mart Revolution aims to improve the prosperity of every community, in the U.S. and abroad, by maximizing local self-reliance and opportunities for locally owned businesses." read more...

Capital District Local First is a nonprofit organization located in New York State’s Capital District. We work to promote the locally owned, independent business community of the area. We believe that the locally owned, independent business community plays a vital role in enhancing the social fairness, community spirit, financial vitality, and environmental health of the region.

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CDLF now has a Yahoo! group that allows members to share ideas, ask questions, get meeting reminders, and post announcements and information that would be of interest to other members. Group users can decide to have every post delivered immediately to their email, have all the posts from each day delivered as a "daily digest", or to not have emails delivered and only view posts on the website. Want to join in the conversation?

Did you know...

that one study of the local economy showed that $68 out of every $100 dollars that is spent at a local business STAYS IN THE COMMUNITY, versus $43 of every $100 spent at a chain?

Board Members:

• Susan Taylor, Chair :: Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza/Market Block Books
  
• Karisa Centanni, Vice Chair :: Honest Weight Food Co-op
  
• Virginia Ruggiero, Secretary :: SEFCU
  
• David Hess, Treasurer :: Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
• Jeremy Snyder :: Science in a Nutshell Productions
• Karen Schlesinger :: Digital Artists Space
• Kelly Brown :: Brown’s Brewing Company
• Wayne Higdon :: Twenty-Fifth Hour Accounting
• Mary Alice Smith :: Java Jazz Cafe