Community Member

Somerville Local First offers Community Memberships for those who wish to support our work to build sustainable local economies. Your support will provide much needed capital for us to support the local business community and educate our fellow community members.

Somerville Local First is applying for our own 501(c)3 nonprofit designation and, like other Local First networks around New England, is currently a project of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston (Tax ID: 04-3581405)

We are pleased to offer the following levels of membership for our community supporters:

Supporter: -$25/year – You will be listed on our website and in our annual Local’s Guide
Advocate – $50/year – Above plus 1 SLF limited edition T-shirt from existing inventory or future edition
Sustainer - $100+/year - Above plus two passes to one session of Harvest Fest

Please choose one of the following options below. If you would like to learn more about Somerville Local First, contact us.

More about our programs and events

Here are some programs and events that help spread the word about the Local Movement, driving customers to your business, awareness about your programming and helping people discover your artwork.

A Local's Guide to Somerville - Our annual magazine about our members and our community

Shifting in Somerville - Our Annual Coupon Book

The 10% Shift - Putting people on a path towards more local purchasing

Shift your Shopping - Our year long reminder to make the 10% Shift buy Shifting where you shop

Move your Money - Switch to a local financial institution

Harvest Fest - Our annual fall fundraiser and party

SomerFun: A Romp for Indepenents - Our annual community street fair

Along with networking, relationship building, policy advocacy…and most importantly a community nonprofit focused on the independent business owner and how to best support them.