Think Local First Southern Sierra

On Thursday, June 4, Sierra Business Council held an organizing meeting in the Kernville Community Room led by SBC President Steve Frisch and Sahara Saude. 21 people attended the meeting and agreed to take steps to create a local steering committee and set up a Southern Sierra Think Local First Program, much like 4 others set up in other part of the Sierra.

On Monday, July 6, 18 local community members met and set up a steering committee to work toward a Think Local First Southern Sierra Campaign.

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This is a grass roots effort to promote businesses and organizations of our community to increase awareness of our citizens in our community to support locally owned businesses and organizations first whenever they can. An 8 person steering committee has been developed for the Think Local First Southern Sierra campaign. In addition to the community members the steering committee will be made up of representatives from Kern River Valley Revitalization (KRVR) and both the Kernville and the Kern River Valley Chambers of Commerce.

Next meetings are scheduled for August 3, 2009 and September 8, 2009 at the Kernville Community Room (next to the Kernville Chamber office) at the corner of Sierra Way and Kernville Road.

Think Local First Bumper stickers are available at the 2 chamber of commerce locations:

• Kernville Chamber of Commerce
  11447 Kernville Road
  Kernville, CA 93238
  (760) 376-2629
• Kern River Valley Chambers of Commerce
  6404 Lake Isabella Blvd., Suite B
  Lake Isabella, CA 93240
  (760) 379-5236

You can Buy a Local First Retail Kit for $45 or Invest in a Local First Program Membership Membership ($100) at the Sierra Business Council Think Local First webpage.

Think Local First Southern Sierra Steering committee:

Next Meeting: 7pm, Wednesday, October 14

Kernvillle Community Room
(Next to the Kernville Chamber's office)
Sierra Way at Kernville Road, Kernville

Click here to watch a quick video about the Think Local First program

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Think Local First Program is a Sierra Business Council program that fosters increased support for local organizations. This program, which SBC is piloting in four other communities throughout the Sierra Nevada, supports locally-owned independent businesses that sustain our communities and give our towns unique character.

Join Sierra Business Council’s President Steve Frisch and Sahara Saude to see how you can become a part of this program.  This meeting is a follow-up to a workshop held during Living Green in the KRV in March.

Co-sponsored by Kern River Valley Revitalization and Sierra Business Council

in cooperation with the Kern River Valley & Kernville Chambers of Commerce

& the Wofford Heights Community Association.

INFO: Nikki Streegan; SBC Think Local First Coordinator - This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sierra Business Council’s Think Local First page

KRV Think Local First Forum

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