BALLE Networks

The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) is North America's fastest growing network of socially responsible businesses, comprised of over 80 community networks in over 30 U.S. states and Canadian provinces representing more than 22,000 locally owned, independent business members.

BALLE networks create local living economies through the building blocks of independent retail, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, green building, local zero-waste manufacturing, and community capital.

Alberta

• Province-wide - Live Local Alberta

• Calgary - REAP

Arizona

• Statewide - Local First Arizona
  

Arkansas

• Greater Little Rock - Sustainable Business Network of Central Arkansas

British Columbia

• Lower Mainland Vancouver - LoCo BC

California

• East Bay - Sustainable Business Alliance

• Lake County - Thrive! Lake County

• Nevada County - Think Local First Nevada County Foothills

• Sonoma County - Sonoma County GoLocal Cooperative

• Willits - Willits Chamber of Commerce

Colorado

• Boulder - Boulder County Local Food Network

• Denver - Mile High Business Alliance

• Durango and La Plata County - Local First

• Fort Collins - Be Local Northern Colorado

Connecticut

• New London and Thames Valley - New London Local First / Thames Valley Sustainable Connections

Hawai'i

• Honolulu and Oahu - Sustain Hawai'i - Walk Story

Idaho

• Statewide - Sustainable Community Connections of Idaho

Illinois

• Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood - Andersonville Chamber of Commerce / Andersonville Development Corporation

• Chicago - Local First Chicago

Indiana

• Bloomington and Monroe County - Local First Indiana

Maine

• Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine - Seacoast Buy Local

Maryland

• Annapolis - Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance

• Baltimore and Wider Chesapeake Bay Region - Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance

Massachusetts

• Greater Boston - Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston

• Lower Cape Cod - Be Cape Cod

• Somerville - Somerville Local First

• Western Mass - Pioneer Valley Local First
  

• Worcester - Worcester Local First

Michigan

• Grand Rapids and Western Michigan - Local First

• Southwestern Michigan Lakeshore (Douglas to Grand Haven) - Lakeshore Independent Business Alliance

• Marquette and Alger Counties - UP With Local

• Washtenaw County - Think Local First

Montana

• Missoula - Sustainable Business Council
  

New Hampshire

• Monadnock Region of Southwestern New Hampshire - Hannah Grimes Center / Monadnock Buy Local

• Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine - Seacoast Buy Local

• Upper Connecticut River Valley (Vermont and New Hampshire) - Local First Alliance

New Mexico

• Las Cruces - Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce

• Santa Fe - Santa Fe Alliance

• Silver City and Southwest New Mexico (Grant, Luna, Hidalgo and Catron Counties) - Southwest New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce

• Statewide - New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce

New York

• Columbia County - Local Economic Alliance for the Future (LEAF)

• Binghamton - Binghamton Rising

• Buffalo - Buffalo First

• Ithaca - Local First Ithaca

• Syracuse - Syracuse First

North Carolina

• Greater Charlotte - Project for Innovation, Energy and Sustainability (PiES)

• High Country (Watauga, Ashe, Avery, Wilkes and Caldwell Counties in North Carolina and Johnson County in Eastern Tennessee) - High Country Local First

• Triad Region (Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point) - Triad Local First

Nova Scotia

• Province-wide - BALLE Nova Scotia

Ohio

• Greater Toledo - Toledo Choose Local

• Columbus - Support Our Local Economy (SOLE)

Ontario

• Ottawa-Gatineau area - Sustainable Enterprise Alliance of Ottawa-Gatineau

Oregon

• Columbia River Basin (five-county area of Oregon and Washington) - Gorge Owned Business Network (GO!)

• Southern Oregon Rogue Valley - The Rogue Initiative for a Vital Economy (THRIVE)

Pennsylvania

• Greater Philadelphia - Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia

• Reading and Berks County - Sustainable Berks Business Network

• Southwest Pennsylvania (Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland and Somerset Counties) - Southwestern Pennsylvania Sustainable Economies Initiative

Quebec

• Ottawa-Gatineau area - Sustainable Enterprise Alliance of Ottawa-Gatineau

South Carolina

• Charleston - Lowcountry Local First

Tennessee

• High Country (Watauga, Ashe, Avery, Wilkes and Caldwell Counties in North Carolina and Johnson County in Eastern Tennessee) - High Country Local First

Vermont

• Statewide - Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

• Upper Connecticut River Valley (Vermont and New Hampshire) - Local First Alliance

Washington

• Bainbridge Island - Sustainable Business Network of Bainbridge Island

• Bellingham and Northwest Washington - Sustainable Connections

• Columbia River Basin (five-county area of Oregon and Washington) - Gorge Owned Business Network (GO!)

• Seattle - Seattle Good Business Network (formerly BALLE Seattle)
  

• Spokane - Sustainable Business Network of the Inland Northwest

• Tacoma - Go Local Tacoma

Washington DC

• Washington DC - Think Local First DC

Wisconsin

• Madison and Dane County - Dane Buy Local
  

• Milwaukee - Local First Milwaukee