The Bowerbird Kicks off Shop Local Initiative

In Support of the 3/50 Project

About The 3/50 Project:

Created to build loyalty and increased revenue for independent, locally owned businesses, the 3/50 project relies on a simple message: “Pick 3. Spend 50. Save your local economy.”

• Pick three locally owned businesses you’d hate to see disappear, and then return to them.

• Spend $50 per month in locally owned businesses. If half the employed U.S. population did so,
it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue.

• For every $100 spent in locally owned businesses, $68 returns to the local community. When
spent in a big box, chain, or franchise, $43 remains. Purchases made online return nothing.

Please stop by The Bowerbird, located in the Old Lyme Marketplace during July and August to receive more information about the 3/50 Project and also a $10 discount off a $50 purchase when you give us your Name and email address.

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You may also wish to contact the founder of the 3/50 Project, Cinda Baxter .

Media contact:
Cinda Baxter, (612) 435-0423
press_inquiries@the350project.net