Become A Member Business

We 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?

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.

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.

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Featured Member

Artists Working in Education, Inc.
http://www.awe-inc.org/

Artists Working in Education, Inc. (A.W.E.), sponsors professional artists to nurture the imaginations of Milwaukee children by bringing  creative visual arts experiences directly to  schools, community centers and informal settings such as parks, playgrounds and community events.  

A.W.E. artists guide children through the process of transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary.  Hands-on art activities with professional artists help children develop new ways of  seeing the world, enhanced inquisitiveness, creativity, flexibility, imagination and confidence.  A.W.E. believes children deserve the opportunity not only to look at art, talk about art and write about art, but to create art.

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