Most Mainers understand that buying local products is a wonderful thing to do. However, the availability of a seemingly limitless array of products on the Internet, and at the increasing number of “big box” stores appearing across the Maine landscape, has changed how many Mainers shop.

Locally-owned businesses are finding it difficult to compete with international companies that have access to cheap labor, production, and shipping. In recent years, Mainers are realizing that buying local supports their neighbors, strengthens their local economy and enhances the social and economic connections in their community. They are keeping their dollars local. But it doesn't stop there.

When businesses use the services of other local businesses, your dollars continue to circulate in your community, multiplying the value of that dollar spent. The next time you need to buy something, ask yourself if you can buy it from a Maine business.

Make a choice; Make It Maine