Ignite Phoenix #8 - Buying Yourself Broke
Channel: Ignite Phoenix
Date: 2010-11-07

Presenter: Kimber Lanning

Biography: Kimber Lanning is a prominent community activist who believes that the best business is local business. Kimber currently runs Stinkweeds, an award winning record store in Phoenix, and is also the founder and executive director of Local First AZ. Local First is a non-profit organization that aims to strengthen the state's community and economy by drumming up support for locally owned businesses. Kimber is also highly involved in numerous community activities and serves on the boards for Alliance for Audience, EarCandy, and Metropolitan Arts High School.

Description: Local businesses are vital to our economy, yet people think shopping locally is harder to do, or much more expensive than going to a big-box store. Not only isn't that true, but shopping locally puts vital money back into our communities that do more to improve the economy. Kimber shows why shopping local isn't just a good idea, but will save you money in the long run.