✨ Being different is our superpower✨ At our latest Hustle Hour, hosted by Local First Arizona and powered by HUSTL Financial, the focus was all about building inclusive brands and embracing authenticity🎤 Join us for the next installment of Hustle Hour⬇️ 📆 October 16 ⏰ 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 📍 The L Offices North, Suite 325 1860 East River RoadTucson, AZ, 85718 Make plans to join us by registering below: https://lnkd.in/gEipY9AF All are welcome🔥
Local First Arizona
Civic and Social Organizations
We are here to strengthen local economies, while championing diversity and inclusion. #LocalFirstAZ
About us
Founded in 2003 by Executive Director Kimber Lanning, Local First Arizona (LFA) is a community and economic development organization working to strengthen local economies. LFA educates consumers about the interconnectedness of the economy, trains small businesses to be more effective and more competitive, helps larger Arizona businesses and institutions tell their story as champions of Arizona, and creates programs and events that make it fun and easy to discover local businesses and buy local. Visit www.localfirstaz.com for more information and a directory of more than 3,000 locally owned businesses. Join our group of locally-owned and diverse businesses of all industries that share one thing in common: the desire to create a prosperous and thriving economy. Together, we’re going to tell your story as an Arizona homegrown company so that we can connect those businesses and individuals to your brand. When you win, we all win. We're here for you! Join today: http://localfirstaz.com/join/index.php
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http://www.localfirstaz.com
External link for Local First Arizona
- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Phoenix
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2003
- Specialties
- Shopping locally, Networking, Economic Development, Community Development, Advocacy, Business Development, Arizona's Economy, Economy, and Marketing
Locations
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Primary
407 E Roosevelt St
Phoenix, 85004, US
Employees at Local First Arizona
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Crystal Houston
Visiting Professor, Coach & Keynote Speaker | Media Startup Co-founder | Building Equity & Capacity for Underestimated Entrepreneurs
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Kat Meyer
Digital Marketing Manager at Local First Arizona
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Patty Emmert
Director of Resilient Food Systems, Local First Arizona
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Enrique Hank Feldman
Public Speaker, Brain/Mental Fitness, Sustainability, & Executive Coach, Innovation Consultant
Updates
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As the year winds down and the holiday season approaches, we’re thrilled to invite you to our final mixer of 2024, hosted with our longtime members, Ironwood Mills. This exclusive event is the perfect opportunity to network, relax, and unwind in a fun and casual atmosphere before the holiday rush takes over. What makes this event extra special? You’ll get a behind-the-scenes tour of the studio where some of the most beautiful custom furniture in the Valley is made. Afterward, gather around a bonfire with fellow members to enjoy great conversations, a chill ambiance, and the chance to build new connections in a relaxed setting. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to celebrate another fantastic year together and kick off the holiday season in style. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Forbes spoke with our very own CEO and Founder, Kimber Lanning, about how small businesses can prepare for the upcoming election! Check out her advice as we move closer to Nov. 5 ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gb5qWrWe
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🕯️✨ Save the Date for MIKIZTLI: Día de los Muertos PHX Festival🎉 Join us for the 13th annual celebration on Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 2 to 7 p.m. at Steele Indian School Park—presented by Cultural Coalition! This FREE family-friendly event is bigger than ever, with more cultural performances, art vendors, food trucks and their largest community altar yet🎨 #mikiztli #diadelosmuertos
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FYI: Local First Arizona’s We Rise business accelerator is taking applications through Thursday, Oct. 31. Details: https://lnkd.in/gXnuTg66 The next cohort begins on Jan. 29, 2025. The no-fee six-month program provides early-stage businesses classroom instruction and mentorship from Black entrepreneurs with experience starting/growing a small business in Arizona. Program criteria: Open to Black-owned business owners ages 18+. Business owner(s) must be available bi-weekly from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday nights to attend class. Application: https://lnkd.in/giWeHitG #SmallBusinessResource #MesaAZ #BuildingBusiness #EconomicDevelopment
We Rise — Local First Arizona
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The Southwest Regional Food Business Center will accelerate a resilient, diverse and competitive local and regional food systems by improving opportunities for food and farm businesses across Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. The Center’s three pillars of service are coordination, technical assistance and capacity building. Join Local First Arizona's second information session on the Center and the services it will provide in Arizona. We will offer two information sessions, one on October 28th and one on November 4th. You do NOT need to attend both sessions as the same material will be covered during each session🔥
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Arizona Western College in Yuma is training new workers for green jobs🔥 Demand for workers to fill clean energy jobs in the U.S. is growing twice as fast as for other careers. Now @ArizonaWestern in Yuma is the first community college in the country to launch certificate programs to train new "green" workers, with help from federal funding.! Our Economic Resource Center provides free grant writing assistance to rural communities, Tribal Nations and nonprofits... Contact AZERC for help with grants, learn about the positive impact of federal funding on rural AZ Check the link below for more information ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gS6chJ7P
Arizona Western College is training new workers for green jobs — Local First Arizona
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Millions are available for rural and tribal businesses, farmers and ranchers to install solar. We can help @LocalFirstAZ is proud to announce free grant writing services to help Arizona rural, tribal and agricultural businesses apply for millions of dollars in historic federal funding to install solar, energy-efficient HVACs, new equipment, etc🌱 Local First member @pines.inn.and.suites in Cottonwood is now saving $10,000 a year in utility costs through the program! Read the blog below to learn more about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! https://lnkd.in/gcNm5F88
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Small business leaders and owners, this is an opportunity for you. The Federal Reserve has begun collecting responses to this year’s Small Business Credit Survey. As an official survey partner, we’re distributing the survey to for-profit businesses currently in operation, those recently closed and those about to launch. By taking the survey, business owners and leaders contribute to data that directly informs the Fed, federal government agencies, service providers, policymakers and others—a public good ultimately benefitting their business and other businesses like theirs. The survey closes November 1, 2024. We’re proud to help amplify the voices of US small businesses. You can help by taking the survey (or sharing it with others) today! https://lnkd.in/gwJ5GhZ3 #SmallBusinessCreditSurvey #SmallBusiness #FederalReserve #SmallBiz