Community Campaigns
The Love Your Local Shops campaign will start in the State electorates of Balmain and Drummoyne. We’ll be celebrating the many great shopping strips throughout the inner-west and asking local MPs Verity Firth and Angela D’Amore to take up the fight.
Stay tuned for updates on activities and events.
Other similar community campaigns locally and internationally worth a look.
Australia:
Maleny: http://www.alistermultimedia.net/aw.htm & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDEf3GLrCO0 & http://www.malenyvoice.com/obiobi/index.php
Mullumbimby: http://www.mullumaction.org/
Mount Evelyn: http://www.mtevelynraw.com/index.html
Newport: http://www.newportversuswoolies.org/
Oatley: http://www.friendsofoatley.com/
Redcliffe: http://www.ghosttownplanning.com.au/
Internationally:
New York: http://www.momandpopnyc.com/
We think great shops are where communities choose to come together. They are places where people love to linger, to amble, to enjoy a coffee, a chat with a friend on Saturday morning, or to leisurely go about the week’s big shop.
Small, independent retailers cannot sustain years of losses. We all stand to lose choice and diversity while the relative market shares of the big chains will increase even further.