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Local First Arizona’s sustainability programs can lend a hand in helping businesses save energy and improve the bottom line.  Our Southern Arizona Green Business Leaders program has recently helped more than a dozen local businesses achieve savings. Here are a just a few examples: • Tucson Clean and Beautiful upgraded to a new location and became more resilient by updating their sustainability policies, and created a plan to install passive rainwater infrastructure.  • Literacy Connects signed up for a water audit, which resulted in hundreds of dollars in savings annually...

Data shows Buy-One-Get-One program delivers 2X return in 1 month, 4X in 3 months, up to 8X over time in revenue going exclusively to local businesses, with lasting increases in sales for main streets and downtowns (MENLO PARK, Calif.) — NEWS: As communities strive to help their local businesses weather the pandemic storm, Yiftee has grown to more than 270 Community eGift Cards across the United States and executed 74 “Buy-One-Get-One” programs. These programs enlist entire communities in purchasing eGift Cards that can only be spent at local businesses, where the card buyers also receiv...

With so many restaurants suddenly serving food to-go, the pandemic caused a shortage of products including cardboard boxes, plastic gloves and takeout containers. In Arizona, paper bags have been hard to get and black foam containers are almost impossible to find, one Arizona distributor says. Prior to COVID-19, takeout orders made up about 4% of sales for national brunch chain Snooze, which has locations in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert and Tucson. At points during 2020, takeout orders were the only way the restaurant could serve customers. Sustainability is one of the company's cor...

Our View: Health care bill steps in the right direction Durango, Colorado Currently Wed 4% chance of precipitation 56% chance of precipitation 8% chance of precipitation Health care bill steps in right direction Wednesday, April 14, 2021 11:03 AM Toggle font size Escuchar en Español: Loading the Español audio player... Coloradans – and especially rural Southwest Coloradans – are in trouble when it comes to health care costs. Before the pandemic, about 11.2% of people in Southwest Colorado couldn’t afford medical insurance, compared to 6.5% fo...

SLC's 'Spring Stroll' encourages shoppers to support local businesses Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall and the organization Local First Utah are encouraging everyone to get out and do a little shopping at local businesses with the Salt Lake City Spring Stroll. and last updated 2021-04-09 18:02:12-04 SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall and the organization Local First Utah are encouraging everyone to get out and do a little shopping at local businesses with the Salt Lake City Spring Stroll. The spring stroll invites Utah Insta shop, dine and explore more than 50 of t...