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Seacoast Local Member Directory on stands now!

Go get yourself an awesome Seacoast Local Member Directory and Wire Fall Arts Guide, a special collaborative publication dedicated to celebrating arts and community on the Seacoast! Find it at more than 400 locations around the Seacoast, and make "living local" part of your daily life.

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Events

Where we'll be this month:

Restaurant Week Portsmouth continues through Nov. 16--This is a signficant new effort by 18 area restaurants to work together for a stronger community, exactly the type of event we formed Seacoast Local to encourage. Get a taste of all the city has to offer by enjoying three-course prix fixe menus this week. Check out menus at www.restaurantweekportsmouth.com and make your reservations now!

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Seacoast Local in the news

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Local businessess boost South Berwick's outlook: Stacy Mitchell spoke to a crowd of 120 people at Town Hall about the economic logic of fostering a diversity of small businesses in the commercial center of town. Hosted by Smart Growth South Berwick, Seacoast Local and Kennebunk Savings Bank, the researcher contends the growth of small businesses is essential to all communities interested in cutting fuel costs and carbon emissions and creating meaningful jobs. Read Jason Claffey's article about this "Making the Connection" event in the Oct. 25, 2008 issue of Foster's.  

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  • Promoting Dynamic and Sustainable Community on the Seacoast 

    Seacoast Local, Inc., is a grassroots, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting community involvement in local business, agriculture, arts and culture, the environment and civic life in the Seacoast region of southern Maine and New Hampshire.

    We are supported by:
    And our program sponsors

    Piscataqua Savings Bank RiverRun Bookstore Seacoast Asset ManagementOptima Bank and Trust

    Our current programs include:
    -Seacoast Buy Local, a network of locally owned and independent businesses formed to build a strong local economy and a vibrant community; and
    -The Seacoast Local Festival, an annual street fair in Market Square that celebrates the impact of Seacoast non-profits and the role local businesses and citizens play in their success.
    -Making the Connection speaker series, in partnership with RiverRun Bookstore, to offer continuing education, community connections, and sustainable change. 

    Seacoast Local is a member of Business Alliance for Local Living Economies a 501c3 organization working to catalyze, strengthen, and connect local business networks like ours.

    We also participate in the New England Local Business Forum, coordinating efforts with other local business alliances to build a strong, sustainable New England economy. 

     
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