Category Archives: Tucson
Local First Arizona Year in Review 2011
A Look Back at the Amazing Year 2011 Has Been We are excited to share with you all of the amazing growth that’s occurred over the past year within Local First Arizona and we want to thank you for your … Continue reading
Posted in 10% Shift, Arizona, Businesses, Buy Local Week, Economics, Events, Financial, Greater Phoenix, In The News, Local First Movement, Social Media, Staycation, Tucson, shift arizona
Tagged best of 2011, Buy Local Week, Devour Phoenix, events, facebook, fall festival, google, Indie Week, look back, mixers, rural, seminars, shift arizona, small wonders, twitter, volunteers, year in review
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Holiday events in Tucson
There are some great events in Tucson this week with lots of chances to pick up local gifts and hang out with some great people! Buy Local Week started with a bang with many members reporting good traffic and strong … Continue reading
Posted in Businesses, Buy Local Week, Events, Tucson
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Give Local, Get Love
Yelp Tucson and Local First Arizona invite you and your friends to Give Local, Get Love: A Shop Local Soiree!–a benefit for Local First Arizona. This event falls smack dab in the middle of Buy Local Week, our annual push … Continue reading
Buy Local Week 2011 (Tucson)
It’s that time of year again! A common sight on Black Friday is hordes of people lined up in front of chain stores with wallets open wide, looking for terrific deals. Put on your “local economist” glasses and you may … Continue reading
Posted in 10% Shift, Arizona, Buy Local Week, Events, Local First Movement, Tucson
Tagged black friday, Buy Local Week, Tucson
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Fall Theatre Roundup
Fall season may bring to mind cooler temperatures, Halloween costumes and a new wardrobe but did you also know that it’s a great time for the art scene in Arizona? We’re thrilled to have so many great theatre groups that … Continue reading
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Celebrate Food Day
Celebrate Food Day in Tucson by enjoying local and heritage foods at The Santa Cruz Harvest Dinner, a moveable feast of sorts. This 3-course meal will include a variety of locally-grown and place-based foods. Sunday, October 23 from 3 to … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Local First Movement, Tucson, local food
Tagged Food Day, local food, Santa Cruz Heritage Alliance
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Websites that Drive Traffic and Repeat Visits
This blog was written by August 29th, 2011 by Mike Huber for Vertical Measures. I recently spoke to a group of website owners at Local First Arizona in Bisbee about website design that encourages traffic and repeat visitors. The presentation was in a … Continue reading
The Running Shop’s 30th Anniversary Celebration
Come into The Running Shop now until Aug 26, enter to win one of 30 pairs of shoes being raffled off! Then on Saturday, August 27, come celebrate The Running Shop’s 30th anniversary with us! Saturday, August 27 6:30 am: … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Local First Movement, Tucson
Tagged anniversary, Member event, pastiche, raffle, running shop
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Indie Week Phoenix Spotlight
Happy First Friday and the start of a three day holiday weekend! Independents Week has been a blast so far and we’re excited to carry it into the weekend. Remember that you can spend your Golden Coupons at 200 locally owned businesses up … Continue reading
Indie Week Tempe Spotlight
It’s day four of Independents Week - how many Golden Coupons have you used? If your goal is to visit all 200 locally owned businesses that are accepting the Coupon, we’ve calculated that you need to visit 25 businesses per day. Completely do-able, especially since some … Continue reading
