June 29, 2004
The New Mexican
Mayor Larry Delgado on Wednesday at the City Council meeting will proclaim July 1-7 Santa Fe Independents Week as part of National Independents Week, which is being celebrated in cities across the country.
The local event is sponsored by the Santa Fe Alliance, a membership group that now includes 1,000 businesses and individuals dedicated to promoting the importance of shopping at locally owned businesses.
At the same time, there will be an ''Independents Challenge'' issued to all City Council members to shop locally. Each councilor will record his or her local business visits, collecting signatures at each business and will keep his or her local shopping receipts from all businesses so that the percentage of local buys may be tabulated.
There will be a block party held in the district in which the two councilors team up to do the greatest percentage of their shopping in locally owned businesses.
In the fall of 2004 the second challenge will be to county commissioners of Santa Fe County and in January 2005, the third challenge will be to state representatives and senators from Santa Fe County.
The Santa Fe Alliance lists five reasons why Santa Fe residents should shop locally.
• You will help ensure that Santa Fe's unique, one-of-a-kind businesses survive.
• Locally owned businesses recycle a higher percentage of profits back into the local economy.
• Independent businesses are Santa Fe's largest employer -- by spending money with them, you'll help provide new jobs.
• Employees of locally owned businesses are your friends and neighbors.
• You'll help ensure a solid footing for the nonprofit organizations that receive most of their support from locally owned businesses.
For more information about the Santa Fe Alliance, call 989-5362.
©The New Mexican 2004
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