Buy Local Campaign Paying Off in Santa Monica, Officials Say

The LookOut news/ Surf Santa Monica:  Three years into the City’s Buy Local campaign designed to boost the visibility of local merchants and keep Santa Monica dollars in Santa Monica, participating vendors are beginning to see the benefits of togetherness.

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Call for Artists: Buy Local SM Artist Storefront Improvement Projects

The City of Santa Monica and the Buy Local Santa Monica Committee are seeking qualifications from artists and/or artist teams to create temporary storefront art installations, painted facades, art interventions for local businesses (in the various Business Improvement Districts) taking part in the City’s Buy Local Program. A Pre-Qualified list of Santa Monica-based artists and artist teams is being established with the aim of providing a unique opportunity to pair local businesses with Santa Monica-based artists in this unique pilot project, to create temporary artwork which will enhance the business storefront and/or façade.

Eligibility--The Pre-Qualified List is open to all professional artists and/or artist teams who live or work in the City of Santa Monica.

Deadline:  March 16, 2012.  To view the Request for Qualifications + get more info:  http://www.smgov.net/Portals/Culture/Public_Art_Program/Artist_Opportunities.aspx

Tour de Feast #2 - Books and Cookies

Santa Monica CityTV:  Host, Mike Ryan visits Books and Cookies on Main Street in Santa Monica!

'Cash Mobs' Help Ignite Buy-Local Effort

Wall St Journal:  Great article on the Cash Mobs initiative, including a photo of Kelly Green Homes, who participated in the Cash Mobs LA (Santa Monica) event on 12/17!

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Santa Monica Pub Crawl Provides For Westside Food Bank

SM Mirror:  Participating Bars Have Busiest Night of the Year at Pub Crawl.  

Wilshire Boulevard, Main St. and Downtown Santa Monica were filled with holiday spirit on Saturday night for the third annual Santa Monica Pub Crawl.  Money from the tickets for the crawl went to the Westside Food Bank...enough for 100,000 meals.

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