Help Support Local Albuquerque Businesses

In this unpredictable economy, one of the best ways you can contribute to the financial stability of our lovely city is to support local businesses. While there are lots of talented, ambitious business owners in ABQ, they need our help!

Social and demographic research shows the numerous benefits that cities enjoy when residents decide to shop locally. When money stays within our small economy as opposed to national chains, it makes it much easier for business owning families to support themselves and creates greater potential for new, innovative businesses to rise up.

KeepItQuerque - buy local is a local organization that aims to educate Albuquerque consumers about the benefits of buying locally. And now, they are looking to publish a widely circulated educational document that explains why it’s important to buy local. They’ve started a crowdsourcing campaign to help them accomplish their goal, on Main Street Crowd:

KeepItQuerque - buy local celebrated our tenth year by publishing nationally recognized Civic Economics' study(available at KeepItQuerque.org; 'New Survey Shows The Powerful Effect of Shifting to Buying Local First; "KeepItQuerque - buy local" initiative makes a difference!') showing how money recirculates within our economy when spent locally versus when spent at a national chain. While there are differences between retailers and restaurants, the general results are in line with the results from other communities around the USA; a dollar recirculates 2.5 to 3 times more when spent at a local store. By “shifting 10% to local businesses” the Albuquerque Economy will retain $179,000,000 – every year.

Join KeepItQuerque - buy local as we head into our 11th year with plans to provide as many as 175,000 single-family households in the Albuquerque Metro Area a Member Directory. KeepItQuerque - buy local hopes to including Rio Rancho, Bernalillo and Belen.

Using a four-page, four-color directory on 45 lb. paper KeepItQuerque - buy local will publish an abridged version of the Civic Economics study on page 1, a listing of all members divided into basic categories (e.g.: Retail, Dining, Services, Business to Business, etc.) on pages 2 and 3, and the Premier Partners will be featured with their respective logos, slogans, and contact information (phone, address, website) on page 4.

To learn more about the buy local campaign, click here.