A Consumer Awareness Campaign
The Economic Feasibility Study identifies significant sales leakage
($2.9 million per year) to neighboring towns.  A previous DIRT
resident survey indicated that the everyday items they need are
not available in Lake City.  We think that many everyday items are
tucked away - in our quaint stores - and we can help each other
discover them!  By doing business locally, we strengthen our
immediate economy and turnover dollars in the community
longer.  According to national statistics, every dollar spent at a
local place of business is usually spent 6 to 15 times before it
leaves the community.  $1 becomes $6 which becomes $15 in
community value.  

May Matters
Several locals have volunteers to buy locally for the
month of May and share their experiences
here

Positioning Your Business
to Serve Local Markets
Breakout Session, May 16th
Economic Development Summit
Space is limited, sign up today.  
For info on the full agenda, please click
here

Everyday Items Available in Lake City
                         This list is incomplete.
                          Please
email ideas (item/store)

Accounting - Rosemary Gentry, CPA
Artwork - Russ Brown Gallery
Art supplies - Silver Lynx; Back Country Navigator
Automobile repair - Sportsman's Texaco; Clay's Auto Service
Baby gifts - Blue Mountain Quelle/Lake City Video
Bedrooms - Matterhorn Motel
Beer (cold) and treats (hot) - Packers Saloon
Birdseed and Birdhouses - General Store; Back Country Navigator
Books - Western Reflections; Back Country Navigator; Storm      
Front Gallery; Timberline Craftsman
Calendars - Back Country Navigator
Candles, lotions, soaps - Storm Front Gallery; Back Country
Navigator
Checking Account (no fee) - Miners & Merchants Bank
Children's books, toys, games - Back Country Navigator; Lake      

City Video/Blue Mountain Quelle
Custom Embroidery - Storm Front Gallery
Coffee beans and travel mugs - Mocha Moose Coffee House
Cookbooks - Storm Front Gallery; Back Country Navigator
Christmas ornaments - Lake City DIRT (commemorative)
Dental Services - Hinsdale County Public Health
Drywall texturing - Gray Rock

Firearms - Storm Front Gallery
Fleece - Storm Front Gallery

Flipflops - Storm Front Gallery
Fly-fishing supplies and waders - Sportsman; Dan's Fly Shop
Frames - Storm Front Gallery
Fresh flowers - Velvet Faces
Garbage service - Utah's Sanitation
Gasoline - Lake City Auto; Sportsman's Texaco; Town Square
Cabins
Greeting Cards, note cards, journals - Back Country Navigator;
General Store
; Storm Front Gallery
Groceries (order in bulk, 2,000 page catalog) - Country Store
Home-cooked meals to go - The Soup Kitchen
Ice cleats - Blue Spruce Building Materials
Insurance - The Insurance Center
Jewelry (adult and kid) - Back Country Navigator
; Storm Front
Gallery

Kitchen towels, soaps, sink strainers - Storm Front Gallery
Kitchen scrubbies - Mary Ann Flynn at the Third Street Market
Knitted hats - for women, girls, and babies - Amy's Hats found at
  the San Juan Soda Fountain and Third Street Market
Knives - Storm Front Gallery
Lake City-opoly - Visitor's Center
Leather goods - San Juan Soda Fountain
Light bulbs, fixtures, and cords - Blue Spruce Building Materials
Maps and firewood permits - Visitor's Center
Mapping software, USGS quad maps, trail/road/wall maps - Back
Country Navigator
Massage therapy - Lake City Medical Center
Mops - Blue Spruce Building Materials
Movie rentals - Lake City Video
Mother's Day Gifts - Slumgullion Gift Gallery
Mud boots - Oso Ocho Gifts; Blue Spruce Building Materials
Photo Albums - Back Country Navigator
Plants - Loose Arrow Nursery; Pottin' Shed
Products for Pets
  • Acme Feed - nutritious pet food at a reasonable cost -
    Mike and Cindy Young on Henson Street
  • Treats, dry and canned dog and cat food.  Grooming
    brush and garden hose attachment for bathing, and toys.  
    Or order from the catalog.  Blue Spruce Building Materials
Reading glasses - Back Country Navigator
Real Estate (yep, it's local) - Hall Realty; Team Murphy Realty; A
Mountain Home; Blue Moose United Country
Religious Items - Storm Front Gallery
Rugs (custom and pre-made) from Moon House Studio and San
Juan Soda Company
; Storm Front Gallery
Seasonal produce and free-range chicken eggs - Pottin' Shed
Shoes - hiking boots, sandals - San Juan Mountain
Bikes;  
        Storm Front Gallery                    

Socks - Storm Front Gallery
Sweaters - Silver Lynx
T-shirt - Storm Front Gallery

Toys - Timberline Craftsman; Back Country Navigator
Wine glasses - Storm Front Gallery

                  This list is incomplete.
                         Please
email ideas (item/store)
Email  •  970-944-DIRT (3478)
PO Box 973  Lake City, CO 81235
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