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Sausalito Chamber: Why Not Launch a Go Local Program?

What if local business and civic leaders launched a Marin or "just" a Sausalito version of Sonoma County's innovative GoLocal Cooperative? That county above us used the free Ning option to launch their community movement. We have Buy Local banners around town yet locals do not see obvious benefits for them to follow up in some way.

Charles McG - a countywide citizen-involving initiative might be just your thing.

Sonoma's effort is an outgrowth of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.
Why a cooperative?

"The Sonoma County Go Local Cooperative is a member-owned enterprise, committed to informing and empowering its members. Anyone who lives in Sonoma County and any business with 51% local ownership can join. Our best chance of dealing with the issues we face is to work together...local businesses, community organizations and citizens. We are stronger together."
These are the economics that have always sold me on well-run cooperatives like my grandparents as apple and filbert growers in the Willamette Valley participated in:

it takes considerable effort and cooperation to launch and operate such a venture I know yet it enables people to cultivate deeper more diverse community ties - and that's good for the economy and for neighborliness.