Campaign

Buy Michigan Now is a grassroots campaign initiated in 2007 to revitalize our economy by encouraging each person to factor Michigan into buying decisions. An enormous amount of products are grown, manufactured, or distributed by Michigan-based businesses, and that is what this festival is all about.

When making any purchasing decision, we encourage you to Think Michigan First! If the quality, availability, and price meet with your needs, spend your money within our state. Here are 5 great reasons why:

• Maintains jobs so our talented citizens can stay in the land that they love.
• Diversifies Michigan’s economic portfolio so we still thrive when one of our industries comes on hard times.
• Attracts new employers thereby creating new jobs.
• Increases the tax base.
• Reduces our carbon footprint because less fuel is used to move the merchandise, when bought locally.

As individuals, most of us are not in a position to lure new industries here, save jobs, or revitalize the automotive industry, but we can all do something to create positive change.

Begin by visiting Our Pledge and adding your name and city to the increasingly long list of people committed to creating a brighter Michigan future. Then examine your current buying habits and look for ways to Think Michigan First. Download our Grocery Guide for ideas and regularly search our Michigan Blue Pages Directory for local products and services of all kinds.

C’mon, join your neighbors at the festival and online at www.BuyMichigannow.com and become a part of the solution!