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For several years now, promoting the ethos of "Think Local Buy Local" has been a consistent message. Many campaigns encourage shoppers to prioritise local businesses in their shopping choices.
As a business owner, there are also a variety of programs in which you can actively participate each year.
Think Local Buy Local 2025
We are delighted to share that the Think Local Buy Local Competition 2025 is now open!
Customers who spend $10 at any Whitehorse business this August are encouraged to enter our Think Local Buy Local Competition for their chance to win vouchers, experiences and more. Total prize pool $1000.
Thank you to the following businesses who have participated in the prize pool.
- The Alcove Art Shop, Box Hill Community Arts Centre
- Amor Mexico, Blackburn Station Village
- Being Well Organised, Whitehorse Home-Based Business
- Botaniculture, Burwood Brickworks
- Eyewear Architects, Brentford Square, Forest Hill
- I Beauty Shop, Brentford Square, Forest Hill
- Innovations In Hair, Raymond Street Shops, Blackburn North
- Kin-D Thai Kitchen, Mitcham
- Pierre’s Free Range Meats, Brentford Square, Forest Hill
- Puss and Mew Distillery, Nunawading
- Quest Mont Albert, Mont Albert
- Step This Way Podiatry, Blackburn North
- Una Una, Box Hill
Share the competition with your customers because supporting local is everyone's business.
whitehorse.vic.gov.au/form/think-local-buy-local-2025
Draw Winners
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Meredith R, who shopped at Amor Mexico in Blackburn Station Village
- Jeanette H , who shopped at Cornehls and Blackburn Butchers in Mont Albert Village
Be the Face of Your Place
We want to hear about the unique precincts in our municipality.
What makes your shopping strip or industrial precinct special? Why do you love your community?
View stories about business owners and what makes their business and precinct unique!
If you’d like to be the face of your place and share your love of your precinct with our community, please reach out to the Investment and Economic Development Unit at business@whitehorse.vic.gov.au
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