Think Local Buy Local

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Think Local Buy Local competition 2025

Support local to win this August!  Spend $10 at any Whitehorse business and enter the Think Local Buy Local Competition for your chance to win vouchers, experiences and more. Total prize pool $1000. 

Win vouchers, experiences and more from the following businesses:

  • Alcove Art Shop
  • Amor Mexico
  • Being Well Organised
  • Botaniculture
  • Eyewear Architects
  • I Beauty Shop
  • Innovations In Hair
  • Kin-D Thai Kitchen
  • Pierre’s Free Range Meats
  • Puss and Mew Distillery
  • Step This Way Podiatry
  • Una Una

Let’s celebrate and support our wonderful local trades and businesses!

The competition runs from Friday 1 August until Friday 29 August. 


What is Shopping Local? 

Imagine you’re a shopping hero—yes, you! When you choose to buy your produce, clothes, or everyday goodies from a local shop instead of a big, faraway retailer, you’re putting on your cape and making the community stronger.  

Did you know...? 

  • Small businesses play a pivotal role in the Australian economy, contributing approximately 42% of private-sector employment and adding one-third of gross value. Accounting for 97.5% of all businesses, roughly 2.5 million, they generate $500 billion of economic activity, constituting one-third of Australia's GDP. 

  • For every $1 you spend at a local small business, it’s like sprinkling $4 worth of magic dust back into the local economy. 
     

Why is it SO important to support small businesses? 

  • Help Your Community Grow: When you shop local, you’re keeping the money close to home, which helps local jobs, fun services, and places we love! 

  • Build a Happier Place: Those cozy little bookshops, cafés with yummy treats, and artsy craft stores? They often host fun events, clubs, and activities for everyone in the neighbourhood. But without support, they can disappear.  So, your purchases help keep those special places alive!  

  • Reduce carbon emissions – what it means to you: save travel expenses 

Next time you shop, remember: you’re not just buying something. You’re making your Community a little bit brighter and stronger.

Think Local and Buy Local In Whitehorse

There are many ways to be involved and finding out more about Think Local Buy Local, whether it is getting to know your retail precincts or business owners in your retail precinct through Face of Your Place.