Become A Member BusinessWe invite local businesses to join us in helping make Milwaukee a better place! We need your support as we grow in order to help make a bigger impact on our communities and increase awareness of the benefits of buying local. |
Why Local First?
In order to make Milwaukee a more sustainable community, our goal is to build market share for locally-owned, independent businesses by increasing awareness about the personal and community benefits of choosing local. Remember, for every $1 you spend at a locally owned business, more than 68¢, versus 43¢ spent at a national chain, remains in Milwaukee. Featured MemberComet Cafe![]() Comet's mission is to make good, basic food from scratch. We hope our food will remind you of mom's home cooking. Today we live our lives fast: we eat fast, and we're surrounded by the same fast food in every place, on every highway, in every city. So we make our food from the ground up! We take a lot of care in making our food and we use fresh, seasonal ingredients characteristic of the Midwest and purchased from as many local purveyors, farms and businesses as possible. With a simple menu and daily specials, we hope to bring back… learn more about our member businesses here » |
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Buying from a local business has many positive impacts for our city and its communities. The more support we give to community based businesses the more we get back.