Monadnock Buy Local Receives
New England Grassroots Environment Fund Grow Grant
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Keene, NH - Monadnock Buy Local received a $2,000 Grow Grant from the New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF).
"This funding allows us to hire a part-time coordinator to build stronger relationships with business owners, nonprofit leaders & citizens in each of the 35 towns in our region," said Monadnock Buy Local Chair, Jen Risley. "We've had another fantastic year of growth - our membership increased 45% to 132 Members - and we've relied on our all-volunteer staff for as long as we can. The NEGEF couldn't come at a better time."
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NEGEF's mission is to energize and nurture long-term civic engagement in local initiatives that create and maintain healthy, just, safe and environmentally sustainable communities: grassrootsfund.org.
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Monadnock Buy Local (monadnocklocal.org ) is a volunteer-led initiative that promotes the benefits of "thinking local first", produces an annual printed buy local guide and engages the community in discussions about our local living economy. For more information, contact monadnockbuylocal@gmail.com.
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