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Choose Indie Local – Grow the Movement

Campaign Introduction:

For the past decade, our Choose Indie Local partners have pulled together to support locally owned businesses. We invite you to fuel our movement!

$2,550

Funds Raised

$2,500

Funding Goal

Mar 2023

Ended

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Raised Percent :
102%
Location:
  • Wayland, MA
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$2,550

Funds Raised

$2,500

Funding Goal

Mar 2023

Ended

Raised Percent :
102%
This campaign was successful! 😃
Or purchase a reward below if available!
Campaign Location:
  • Wayland, MA
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Campaign Story

The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) has worked for over a decade to bring Choose Indie Local partners together to support locally owned businesses during the holiday season.  Now, we invite you to strengthen our year-round movement.

We inspire community members to take positive action and boost the ripple effect of economic and community benefits our neighborhoods, towns, and cities receive when we spend and invest dollars at locally owned businesses.

Led locally but aligned nationally, our movement transcends the word “shop.” Community members at all levels participate as investors, creators, and Indie Local champions -- inspired by independent businesses’ impact on community health and wealth. Together, we build strong local, equitable, and sustainable economies.

Choose Indie Local offers imaginative and innovative ways to support locally owned and independent businesses of all types and in all regions in our nation. In 2022, over 200 independent businesses and organizations from 37 states partnered with AMIBA to bring Shop Indie Local campaigns to their communities. We'll build on the momentum we cultivated in 2022 by expanding our program from six to nine themes in 2023.

Let’s work together to promote the value of locally owned, independent businesses in sustaining strong local economies and:

- Demonstrate the strength and resilience of small, independent businesses.
- Cultivate a stronger alliance to nourish future collaborations to address the challenges that independent businesses face.
- Galvanize community members to advocate for future changes beyond their own purchasing practices.

With your support, our Choose Indie Local efforts will:

- Glean the best campaign ideas relating to our nine identified themes.
- Develop adaptable and easily replicable campaigns to share with partners at least three months in advance of launch dates.
- Increase awareness of and participation from organizations and businesses that support the local economy movement.
- Help partners to broadcast the value of locally owned, independent businesses in sustaining strong local, equitable, and inclusive economies.

 

Our 2023 Campaign Themes:

 

We will strive to keep participation in our 2023 campaigns accessible to all communities.  In 2022, Choose Indie Local partnership was free. With your support, we can keep participation free or low-cost to all.

There is no movement without all of you. Please support our campaign today!

Campaign Contributions

Name Location Date
TLC Monadnock Keene, NH March 25, 2023
Monadnock Food Co-op Keene, NH February 18, 2023
Helianthus Books Leawood, KS January 30, 2023
Jamie L. White Keene, NH January 17, 2023
Anonymous Keene, NH November 30, 2022
Caroline Tremblay Richmond, NH November 29, 2022
Jessica David Providence, RI November 29, 2022
Jennifer Rubenstein Louisville, KY November 25, 2022
Karen Spiller Boston, MA November 25, 2022
Theodora Skeadas Cambridge, MA November 24, 2022
Kathleen Roark Grand Rapids, MI November 21, 2022
Laury Hammel Wayland, MA November 21, 2022
Jennifer Risley Keene, NH November 19, 2022

Campaign Updates

  • Happy Shop Indie Local Long Weekend

    Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday are favorite events for our Shop Indie Local Community!  We look forward to spreading the local love this whole weekend — and can’t WAIT to see what we accomplish together in 2023 with your support. Have a wonderful weekend!

  • Giving Tuesday Mini-Goal Reached: Thank You!

    Thank you to all who jump-started our Shop Indie Local crowdfunding campaign on #GivingTuesday. We reached our mini-goal of reaching $1k by the end of the day! WOO-HOO!  Our campaign continues…

  • Celebrating the Growth of Shop Indie Local

    We’re thrilled to share that we’ve reached 40% of our crowdfunding goal AND wrapped up six Shop Indie Local campaigns in 2022 (up from just two campaigns in 2021).  We also DOUBLED the number of campaign partners we recruited from 118 unique partners to 228. (See the chart below for the TOTAL partners we recruited since 2019.)

    In response to partner feedback, we added more social media graphics to our library.  We also hosted two virtual screenings of the film GATHER, a fantastic resource for Eat Indie Local partners.  More and more communities embraced Plaid Friday this year and we look forward to gathering more feedback from our Shop Indie Local Holiday partners to help with next year’s planning.  Stay tuned for more exciting plans and updates.

    If each 2022 Shop Indie Local Partner gave just $10, we’d surpass our goal!  Let’s make this happen!

     

  • Exciting Updates: New Vision and Name

    We’re very excited to share that we recently changed our Shop Indie Local program’s name to Choose Indie Local —  opening up our movement to transcend the word “shop.”

    Thank you for all of your participation and support.  We can’t wait to see what we can accomplish together in 2023.

    Choose Indie Local Program Vision

    Led locally but aligned nationally, our movement transcends the word “shop.” Community members at all levels participate as investors, creators, and Indie Local champions — inspired by independent businesses’ impact on community health and wealth.  Together, we build strong local, equitable, and sustainable economies.

  • We Did It: Thank You for Helping Us Meet Our Goal

    We’re so excited to share we met our Choose Indie Local Crowdfunding Campaign goal for this year.  We can’t thank you enough for your support.  Stay tuned for a FANTASTIC line-up of campaigns for the rest of 2023.

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Shop Indie Local Champion

Your name and logo will appear on the 2023 campaign page of your choice (you choose from one of our nine themes).

Estimated Delivery: November, 2023
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Your name and logo will appear on three of our 2023 campaign pages (you choose from three of our nine themes).

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Your name and logo will appear on all nine of our 2023 campaign pages.

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