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New business group launches Buy Local Week

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, a new organization will launch its first project in an effort to help build the business community and encourage Carrboro’s residents to shop locally.

Caption: LocalMotive members Brian Russell, Jenny McMillan, Mike Maher, and Terri Turner gather inside McMillan’s home and gift gallery, Nested. The four are part of a new group aiming to help build the business community and encourage community members to shop locally. (Photo by Alison Shay)

Buy Local Week, Dec. 5-12, will mark the first project by Carrboro’s new group, LocalMotive.

What started out as a core group of three or four people has developed into a nine or10 person steering committee, which Jenny McMillan, owner of Nested, said continues to grow.

McMillan said one goal of LocalMotive is to give business owners and community members the opportunity to get to know each other face-to-face. She and the other members of LocalMotive will work toward building a business community.

“We really want to create a support network for businesses,” McMillan said.

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