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Newsletter July 2011 Serving Bloomington and Monroe Co. |
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Local First Indiana is a non-profit organization committed to supporting and promotinglocally owned independent business by educating the public, facilitating collaboration, and engaging in outreach in order to create a more economically and environmentally sustainable local community, while preserving the unique local character. |
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Going Local Week Coming Sept. 3-11
Hosted by Local First Indiana and the Local Grower's Guild, Going Local Week is a weeklong celebration of all things local and a springboard for educating the community about the importance of shopping locally and eating local food as a means of supporting the local economy for greater self-reliance. Events include art openings, concerts, business specials, local food specials in restaurants, various fundraisers for other local nonprofits, etc. We encourage our community to get out and do something local every day. Keep an eye out on our website for the full Calendar! |
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Series of Tours Offered for Going Local Week
Local First Indiana is offering a series of tours for Going Local Week this year. These tours are great for newcomers, tourists, and residents alike. Ranging from artistic to historical to just plain fun, these tours have something for everyone. |
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Where the Locals Go Tour
A walking tour of downtown Bloomington
Join our tour guides for a fun and inspiring walking tour of downtown Bloomington. These tours highlight the history of some of the buildings and local, independent businesses in downtown Bloomington--a great way to get to know our City better!
Tour Dates:
- Saturday, Aug 27 10am-11:30am
- Saturday, Sept. 3 10am-11:30am
- Saturday, Sept. 10 10am-11:30am
- Saturday, Sept. 17 10am-11:30am
- Saturday, Oct. 1 10am-11:30am
Tickets are $10 adults, $5 kids (5 and under are free)
Please reserve tickets ahead of time by contacting: una@localfirstindiana.org or 812-334-8903 (ask for Una) |
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Where the Locals Go Out Tour
A Bar Tour of Downtown Bloomington, IN
Led by longtime residents Jason Groth and Brian Winterman, this tour will take participants to some of the best and most beloved bars in Bloomington--a seriously fun way to spend the evening.
Tentatively scheduled for Fri., Sept. 9, 7pm-10pm
More details to come soon! Contact una@localfirstindiana.org for ticket reservations. |
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Make Art Local Tour
Local First Indiana is presenting an Art Tour, a day-long tour, visiting 3 Bloomington businesses, where you will create your own work of art.
 
 
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Date: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, please sign up by Sept. 3.
Time: 10am-6pm
Cost: $190, includes lunch from The Owlery.
Contact: una@localfirstindiana.org or call Una at 812-334-8903 to reserve a spot! Payment is due by September 3.
Bring: Your own image to transfer to the relief block (similar to a linoleum block.) We will send more info about this to folks who sign up. There will be some cut plates that the students can print, but we would like for everyone to cut their own block. Collective Press will help participants transfer their images onto the plates and help them carve. If participants don't like how it turns out, there will be pre-cut images to choose from. No experience necessary! The experts at Collective Press will guide you through this fun process.
For more info, click here.
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August Mixer at Twisted Limb Paperworks
1122 S. Morton St.
Thurs. Aug 11, 5:30-7:30pm
Our mixers are a great way to meet other Local First members, LFI staff, and catch up on what we are working on right now. There are a lot of exciting things happening, so come out and hang out with us!
Mixers are open to Local First Indiana Members, employees of member businesses, and owners, employees, or individuals considering joining. Come learn about local businesses and help us create a network that will create a strong voice for local, independent business in Bloomington and Monroe County! |
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Update on Stand with Main Street
update on the previous story by Marci Hughes
by Una Winterman, Local First Indiana
Online retailers currently don't have to pay sales tax in the state of Indiana. Because all other retail has to charge 7% sales tax, this gives online retailers a 7% discount on all items.
Fort Wayne's Journal Gazette Editorial on the recent announcement that Amazon is planning a fourth warehouse in Indiana. Amazon has been assured, continually, by Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob that Indiana has no plans to collect state taxes for online purchases, though this issue is currently being discussed in a Summer Study Committee at the Indiana Statehouse, as it is in many other states.
Indy Star article: Amazon is planning a 4th distribution center in Indiana after leaving several other states who are asking them to pay state income taxes.
This Letter to the Editor was written by Bob Thatcher, the General Manager and Director of Leasing for Concord Mall Triyar Canon Group.
If you are concerned about this issue, we urge you to join the 75 business owners who have already signed up across the state to request a level playing field when it comes to paying taxes. Sign the petition to get updates and find out how to help.
Friend Stand with Main Street on Facebook to get updates about this issue across the country.  |
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New Local First Indiana Members!
See the full list of Local First Indiana Members in our Directory |
Backyard Classrooms
www.backyardclassrooms.com blloyd@backyardclassrooms.com 812-844-5826  Backyard Classrooms is dedicated to promoting locally grown food through agritourism adventures and educational workshops in Southern Indiana. Our Backyard Classrooms Agritourism Adventures have three objectives: - Discover new facts and ideas about locally grown food in Indiana -Explore the facts about sustainable agriculture and organic gardening using critical and creative thinking skills -Learn how to apply this knowledge at home or on the farm |
 Windfall Dancers
1101 N. Dunn St. 812-334-8903 www.windfalldancers.org Windfall Dancers is Bloomington's oldest community modern dance collective. Windfall is comprised of a community of people who love to dance. We are always working to make sure that Bloomington has a space where the community can come together to create, learn, and enjoy dance! The Windfall School of Dance offers instruction in a number of dance genres and styles for both adults and children. We eagerly welcome adult beginners who are returning to dance after many years or who are exploring dance for the first time. We also offer advanced and intermediate level adult classes. Children's classes are offered appropriate to a number of different age ranges and skill levels.  
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Kemp & Associates
The Ferguson Bldg. 403 E. 6th St., Suite 100 Bloomington, IN 47408 812-961-3553 http://www.kempandassociates.org/ "Your Vision is Our Mission"  Kemp & Associates offers Family Office Services such as Health and Life Insurance. They also help with Retirement Planning and Death Settlement, Trusts and Annuities. Kemp & Associates will assist you in planning for your financial future and help bring peace of mind to you and your loved ones. Kemp & Associates offers a free quote to determine if you are paying too much for insurance. |
The Updraft Supplemental Scholarship Project, Inc.
The Ferguson Bldg. 403 E. 6th St., Suite 100 Bloomington, IN 47408 812-961-3553 http://www.usspkids.org THE UPDRAFT Supplemental Scholarship Project Inc. (USSP)  helps low-income and foster children achieve their goals of a higher education by providing supplemental scholarships to bridge financial gaps. The Updraft Supplemental Scholarship Project (USSP) provides financial aid in support of low-income students and foster children entering institutions of higher learning (the Scholars). USSP's scholarships cover the cost of books, room and board, parking fees, lab fees, etc., as well as financial education training. |
Imagine: Health and Wellness
www.imaginehealthandwellness.com
kat@imaginehealthandwellness.com
Kathryn Beck, Certified Hypnotist, HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Educator, HypnoBirthing® Fertility Consultant, Reiki Master Teacher offers hypnosis sessions in person and by phone/Skype, HypnoBirthing childbirth education classes, Reiki sessions, and Reiki practitioner training in and around Bloomington, IN. Hypnosis is a natural state of mind that can help you achieve a more comfortable birth experience, overcome fears and phobias, release weight, stop smoking, and be healthier and happier. Reiki helps to boost the immune system, relieve pain, and to help balance the mind, body, and spirit.
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We would also like to thank the following for their new and continued Membership:
Individual Members:
Kathleen Olges
Renewals:
The Comedy Attic
Bloomington Pedal Power
The Chile Woman
Revolution Bike and Bean
Friends of Art Bookshop
Bloom Magazine |
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Imagine: Health & Wellness
Offering Group HypnoBirthing Childbirth Class Series at The Green Nursery
615 West Kirkwood Avenue
kat@imaginehealthandwellness.com
Thursday night classes beginning Aug 4th through Sept 1st @ 6 pm.
"HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan Method is not a new philosophy, but rather a ""rebirth"" of the philosophy of birthing as it existed thousands of years ago and as it was recaptured in the work of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, an English obstetrician, who, in the 1920s, was one of the first to forward the concept of natural birthing. The method teaches you that, in the absence of fear and tension, or special medical circumstances, severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labor.
You will gain an understanding of how the birthing muscles work in perfect harmony--as they were designed to--when your body is sufficiently relaxed and you trust birth. You will learn how to achieve this kind of relaxation, free of the resistance that fear creates, and you will learn to use your natural birthing instincts for a calm, serene and comfortable birth.
http://thegreennursery.com/hypnobirthing.html http://www.imaginehealthandwellness.com/hypnobirthingreg-classes.html
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Sole Sensations welcomes you to the event of the summer! It's a party in the plaza, and more!
- 30% off every summer sandal in the store - 50% off clearance footwear! Large Selection - Participating local business roll out their services and products! - B-97 live music broadcast 12-pm -2 pm, - B-97 "summer of music" official registration event! - Food, Live Music, Prizes, Raffles, and Fun! - We are so excited to donate shoes to Martha's House! Bring your shoe donations! |
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Tour de Upland
Cost: June 2-Aug 10: $115
Aug 11-day of: $150
When: Morning of Sat. Aug 20 - 11am Sun. Aug 21
Where: Brown County, IN. Start, finish, and camping at Camp Rancho Framasa in Nashville, IN
What: Upland's second annual extravaganza of road and mountain cycling, music, camping, and oh yeah, beer!
-12,25,35, and 75 mile road routes6-30 mile mountain bike routes
Registration includes the bike tour, local and organic lunch, dinner, and Sunday breakfast, camping, live music, beer, and activities at Camp Rancho Framasa.
How: Register online at http://www.energy2action.com/TDUinformation2011.html
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Ivy Tech/BPP's Youth Musical Theatre Ensemble presents: Zombie Prom 
August 4 - 6 at 7pm & August 7 at 2pm
at the Bloomington Playwrights Project
107 W. 9th St. 812.334.1188 $15 General Admission, $8 Children Under 13 (available at BCT Box Office) Ivy Tech & BPP presents the Youth Musical Theatre Ensemble's (YMTE) production of Zombie Prom, the hit off-Broadway send-up of teen monster movies of the 1950s laced with original rock 'n' roll tunes in the style of the era. The stakes are high for the students of the Youth Musical Theatre Ensemble (YMTE), a four-week camp for 11-17 year olds where teens learn the skills needed to produce and perform a professional theatre piece for the general public. This year YMTE celebrates its eleventh year of theatre outreach with the Off-Broadway sensation Zombie Prom, a full-length musical with a rigorous rehearsal schedule that gives students real-time experience handling the demands and rewards of life in the theatre. |
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Members: Let people know about your events and the latest news about your business by using our new forms! We have set up a simple form so that you can plug your information in and we can get it into the Member News section of our newsletters. Newsletters go out on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. The deadline for sending event submissions is the 2nd Tuesday of the month at midnight. Any submissions sent after that will still be considered, depending on time and space.
A separate form allows you to send us links and information you would like to post to Facebook and Twitter. Click here to access the forms.
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The Center for Sustainable Living is the Fiscal Sponsor for Local First Indiana
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Grant Money for Businesses Along Phase II of B-Line
By Una Winterman, Director, Local First Indiana
The City has $30,000 in grant money to give away! Businesses along phase II of the B-line in Bloomington are eligible to apply for Business Enhancement Grants. The due date is July 25.
Examples of requests eligible to receive funding assistance may include, but are not limited to: relocation/creation of a customer entrance or access to face the B-Line Trail; addition of outdoor seating, bicycle parking or other amenities; enhancement of landscaping, installation of "green walls," or other beautification; installation of public art; or implementation of ADA-compliant entrances or path connections.
For priority consideration, entities interested should submit a letter of interest to the Department of Economic & Sustainable Development by July 25 summarizing project details. The letter should include goals, budget, timeline and a description of how the project will enhance applicant's business, specifically in leveraging opportunities presented by B-Line Trail. Grant requests will be reviewed as part of a competitive process. Preference will be given for businesses or organizations which did not receive funding in Phase I of the program. Requests should not exceed the amount of $4,000.
More details here
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Become a Member of Local First Indiana Today! Bloomington residents want to shop local and we aim to make that easier!
Benefits
Window decal,
Cooperative Marketing Campaigns
Benefit from our consumer education plan that tells residents why it matters to shop locally,
Access to network of over 22,000 local, independent businesses throughout the U.S. through our affiliation with BALLE.
Listing in our online directory
Twitter and Facebook postings
Monthly Newsletter
Prices
$10 a year per employee,
min. $35, max. $350.
Part-time employees count as half.
Sustaining Members
Sustaining Member Benefits: Promotion at Local First Events, on our website, and in our monthly newsletter. Size of logo or business name will correspond to size of contribution.
For more information about becoming a member, please visit our website here.
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Local First Indiana Steering Committee
Una Winterman, Director
Martin Sorge, LFI Resource and Technology Coordinator
Carly McCall, Marketing Director
Rick Dietz, Stranger's Hill Farm
Jessika Hane, Oliver Winery
Darcy Harvey, Bloomingfoods
George Huntington, Stranger's Hill Farm, Bloomingfoods
Sheryl Woodhouse-Keese, Twisted Limb Paperworks
Liz Sanders, Laughing Planet, SOMA, The Village Deli
Marcella Hughes, Friends of Art Books
Benjamin Schultz, Indiana University
Alexandra Simmons, Indiana University Credit Union
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Rachael's Cafe
Send Rachael to Scotland!
Sat. July 23, 2011
300 E. Third St.
www.rachaelscafe.com/
7-8 Wine tasting
8- 8:30 Belly dancing
8:30 - 10:30 Live music
7-10 Silent Auction + Tarot Readings
$10 suggested donation (but please come no matter what you can pay!)
About the play: The true story of one man's unique and moving journey through gender, sexuality and family life told with wit, wisdom and a great cup of coffee. The play is the first play by writer and comedy promoter Lucy Danser. Rachael's Café is the story of how Eric Wininger, a muscular, motorbike riding, Churchgoing 40 year old printer ink salesman from the Midwest with a wife and 3 children, becomes Rachael Jones, owner of the inimitable 'inclusive' Rachael's Cafe in Bloomington, Indiana?
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