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Taking Buy Local To The Streets

The Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce celebrates local businesses and kicks off their annual Buy Local Back to School Favorite Summer Memory Contest

If you have a business in Foxboro, Mansfield or Norton, get ready to celebrate on July 27th.  The Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce is declaring July 27th Buy Local Saturday.

Inspired in 2012 by National Small Business Week, the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce committed much of last summer’s marketing efforts to promote businesses, services and events in the Foxboro, Mansfield and Norton area to much acclaim.  They kicked off the summer with their first Buy Local Saturday surprising and delighting local shoppers with Buy Local Customer Appreciation Carnations.

In July they engaged the community in their Back to School Buy Local Favorite Summer Memory contest where nearly 20 children ages 8-15 submitted stories and pictures of their Favorite Summer Memory.  This is what Annemarie Holloway, mother of the winner Lily Holloway, told reporters, “What a wonderful show of community support for today's youth." "It was awesome to see the positive responses to each of the finalists' essays. It is rare today, to see communities joyfully embrace the gifts that today's youth have to share -- what an awesome forum to be able to do this in!" 

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This year the Chamber is doing it again.

Starting this past June and continuing through December, the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce will be promoting Buy Local on their website, blog, social media and at their events.  “We have such a diverse group of businesses in Foxboro, Mansfield and Norton,” says Kara Griffin, Executive Director for the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce.  “We wanted to give them the opportunity to promote themselves.  All summer we’ll be talking about Buying Local, Doing Local, Staying Local and Celebrating Local.  It should be a lot of fun for local residents and local business”

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Here’s the rundown of events this summer:

  • Buy Local Saturday July 27th.  Chamber will be encouraging residents to get out that day and Buy Local.

  • Back to School Buy Local  Favorite Summer Memory Contest

    • Kicks off the July 27th.  

  • Contestants can submit their stories and photos from July 27th until August 13th.  

  • Voting on the finalists will be the week of August 19th.

  • For more information about all the Buy Local events, check out the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce Facebook page and Blog or contact the chamber at 508-339-3688.


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