Andrew Gowder - Chair Pratt-Thomas and Walker, PA
Matt Bauer - Past Chair/Founder - President BetterWorld Telecom
Karalee Nielsen - Vice Chair - Revolutionary Food Group
Erik Glaser - Treasurer - Glaser Duncan, CPA
Patty Bivens - Secretary -CPM Credit Union
Andrea Schneck - Plum Elements
Lowell Grosse - Charleston Coffee Roasters
Jim Rowell - JR Rowell Printing
Maria Baldwin - Our Local Foods
Bernie Mazyck - S.C. Community Development Corp.
Blair Barna - City Paper
Christine Osborne - Wonder Works
Mariana Hay - Croghan's Jewel Box
Yvonne Evans
STAFF
Jamee Haley, Executive Director
Elizabeth Beak, Program Director - Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
Amy Graul, Administrative Coordinator
Lowcountry Local First is committed to building a network of small businesses that allows all business owners to participate on the same level. Retail, manufacturing and agricultural businesses will unite with the same mission - to promote and preserve their local economy through the promotion of their goods and services.
We are an alliance that educates the public on the importance of supporting the local economy, and encourages businesses and consumers to be environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. We are one of over 60 chapters of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) www.livingeconomies.org.
We envision a sustainable global economy as a network of Local Living Economies, building long-term economic empowerment and prosperity in communities through local business ownership, economic justice, cultural diversity and a healthy natural environment. Independent businesses create wealth by engaging local people in the production, marketing, and consumption of goods, they pay taxes, and reinvest in our communities.We educate the public to:
• Create a sustainable business
• Vote with your dollars
• Buy and sell locally
• Support local agriculture
