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Sustainable Belltown

The 3/50 Project, how to support your local economy

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The 3/50 Project


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Think about which three independently-owned business you'd miss most if they were gone. Stop in and say hello. Your contribution is what keeps those businesses around.

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If just half the employed U.S. population spent $50 each month in independently-owed businesses, their purchase would generate more that $42.6 billion in revenue. Can you imagine what 3/4 of the employed population could do?

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For every $100 spent in independently-owned store, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online and nothing comes home.

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The number of people it takes to start the trend......you.


 

January Meeting - Thursday the 21st!

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Sustainable Belltown January Meeting - Jan. 21, 7-9pm at the Matae
 

great happenings at Great City!!

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Great City helping to make Belltown more Sustainable . . . Would Sustainable Belltown like to put in some volunteer time and effort to continue a good begiinning???

Last month, the Neighborhoods Assistance program of Great City, helped out by sending experts Ryan Hester (Sructural Engineer who has expertise in Historical buildings) and Lee Bennett (painter) to the Historical Cottages  at the p-atch to help assess some tricky difficulties there that are keeping a new cleaning and painting job from getting done/

 Great City didn't just help to answer technical and envrironmental questions, they also helped to begin to energize the community around the project . . . one which involves the social, economic, artistic and environmental aspects of sustainablility!!

 Check out Great Cities website (on our weblinks) to see the other incredible things that Great City is up to . . . our friend Great City is really making a presence in Belltown . . . we'd love to work together more!!!  

 If you are a painter or have training in painting, and are able to volunteer to clean and paint the Historical cottages of Belltown . . . please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or www.sustainablebelltown.org.

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Early planning for June Garden Tour

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     The planning has begun, and it's amazingly fun!!!!  A great way to meet some awesome horticulturists!!!!  A great way to spend time with terrific local gardeners in community an rivate gardens right here in Belltown.  

 A terrific way to spread new sustainable gardening techniques and also learn some!!!!  

 

Do you make awesome sustainable iced tea or lemonade???  Want to put together some delicious drinks for the tour????

 

Volunteer to organize a garden tour . . . the best  part is that it's fun!!!

 

Photos from the Garden Tour

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Garden Tour: the group

Much thanks to Kurt Dunphy for photos from the Belltown Community Council's August 29th tour of Belltown's gardens!

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 September 2009 13:20 Read more...
 
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