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 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

Arizona

• Phoenix, Tucson and Statewide - Local First Arizona
  

Arkansas

• Greater Little Rock - Sustainable Business Network of Central Arkansas

British Columbia

• Lower Mainland Vancouver - LoCo BC

• Victoria and Vancouver Island - Values-Based Business Network

California

• Berkeley - Buy Local Berkeley

• East Bay - Sustainable Business Alliance

• Los Angeles County - Green Business Networking

• McCloud Basin - McCloud Local First Network

• Oakland - Oakland Merchants Leadership Forum

• Santa Cruz County - Think Local First Santa Cruz County
  

• Sonoma County - Sonoma County GoLocal Cooperative

• Willits - Willits Chamber of Commerce

Colorado

• Denver - Mile High Business Alliance

• Durango and La Plata County - Local First

• Fort Collins - Be Local Northern Colorado

Florida

• Tampa Bay - Sustainable Interconnected Business Alliance

Hawai'i

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

Idaho

• Boise, Nampa and Statewide - Sustainable Community Connections of Idaho

• Pocatello - Local First Pocatello

Iowa

• Fairfield - Fairfield First!

Illinois

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

• Chicago - Local First Chicago

• Quincy - Live Local Quincy

Maine

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

Maryland

• Annapolis - Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance

• Baltimore & 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

• Marquette and Alger Counties, UP With Local

• Washtenaw County - Think Local First

Montana

• Missoula - Sustainable Business Council
  

Nevada

• Reno and Sparks - LiveLocal Reno Sparks
  

New Hampshire

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

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

New Jersey

• Hunterdon County - Hunterdon First

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

• Capital District (Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties) - Capital District Local First

• Buffalo - Buffalo First

• Ithaca - Local First Ithaca

• New York City - Sustainable Business Network of New York City

North Carolina

• Carrboro - Carrboro LocalMotive

• Greater Charlotte - Project for Innovation, Energy & Sustainability (PIES)

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

Nova Scotia

• Province-wide - BALLE Nova Scotia

Oregon

• Greater Portland - Sustainable Business Network of Greater Portland

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

Pennsylvania

• Lancaster and York Counties - Susquehanna Sustainable Business Network

• Greater Philadelphia - Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia

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

South Carolina

• Charleston - Lowcountry Local First

United Kingdon

• Chapel Allerton, Leeds - Sustainable Economies Alliance

Vermont

• Statewide - Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

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

Washington

• Bainbridge Island - Sustainable Business Network of Bainbridge Island

• Bellingham and Northwest Washington - Sustainable Connections

• Jefferson County - Team Jefferson

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

• Southwest Washington - Lower Columbia Alliance for Living Sustainably (LOCALS)

• Tacoma - Go Local Tacoma

Washington DC

• Washington DC - Think Local First DC

Wisconsin

• Madison and Dane County - Dane Buy Local
  

• Milwaukee - Our Milwaukee