Thinking Local – Anne’s Point Of View

So my friend Ken Mueller of Inkling Media is currently hosting a contest on his blog (check it out and win some great prizes) that focuses on thinking local this holiday season. As most of you know this is a topic I’m very passionate about so i’m going to post my comment on here as well. I hope Ken’s contest and my annoying posts get you thinking local not only this holiday season but everyday.

Buying local and thinking about your community is so very important, thanks to Ken and the others who make sure to highlight this fact. There are so many great local shops, restaurants, markets etc in it’s really hard to pick a favorite but I’ll try to name a few.

If you want to shop local this holiday season there are many options downtown, one being the  POP UP MARKET at the central market mall. 20 local vendors selling handmade items perfect for the holidays. I’m doing most of my holiday shopping there this season.

One of my favorite restaurants, Annie Bailey’s who supports the community in so many great ways and the food is amazing.

I also want to mention some of the wonderful local businesses in the professional service industry and non profits that are doing some amazing things here in Lancaster. Some happen to be members of the Candy Factory :0) (shameless plug here – The Candy Factory, Lancaster’s coworking community, where working together is sweet)

Like Dave the Tax Guy and his File for a Cause campaign, Assets Lancaster, helping to grow our local business community. Lancaster Buy Fresh Buy Local ,working hard to spread the word about buying local. All the wonderful shops and businesses on the 300 Block of Queen, they are such a great group of small business owners who collaborate to make that block the best it can be! Lancaster Arts and all they do for the local art community. Landis Homes who makes community and thinking local part of their mission.

The list goes on and on and I wish I had the space to list more but the fact we have so many to list just shows us all how wonderful Lancaster really is.