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Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament

Please join us for a No limit Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament to support our friends Lori and Jeff Anderson and Mark Mabbott.

Win an East County Stimulus

Try Local First is at it again. We care a great deal about our local economy and want it to prosper in good times and bad. That is why we are giving away an East County Stimulus. It’s our very own stimulus package for East Multnomah County.

East Gresham Community Information Fair

Come learn more about your Gresham community and stop by the Try Local First table at the East Gresham Community Information Fair, on May 19th from 7 to 9 PM, Gordon Russell Middle School, 3625 E. Powell Valley Road.
The Kelly Creek, Mt. Hood and Powell Valley neighborhood associations are hosting a one-stop shopping [...]

Win an East County Stimulus Package

Three winners will be selected to win an “East County Stimulus Package”.
The program will be promoted to our previous thousands of contestants who entered to win our two “$1,000 Shopping Sprees” (one in the Fall of 2008 and one in 2009) and last summer’s “Discover East County Packages”.
It will also [...]

East County Home Show

Come and support your local community and local businesses by attending the First Annual East County Home Show.

2010 Bagels & Books

Come join us on May 26, 2010 for Bagels & Books.

Advanced Facebook Class

Learn the power of using Facebook to market your business, in the comfort of a small classroom atmosphere.

Discounts & Rewards – Key Tag Program

Get your Try Local First Key Tag now and start earning valuable discounts rewards from local businesses. Purchase your Key Tag at the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce for just $5.00 and use over and over again .
Just show your key tag to the business sponsors listed on the web-site start saving money today and support [...]

A Happy Ending That Keeps on Giving

Gloria Smith noticed the brightly green wrapped boxes in local stores last Christmas (2008) and she filled out a form and entered to win the local $1,000 Shopping Spree.
Then later on in the year she entered to win a Discover East County Package and when she heard the winners announced at the 4th [...]

During This Holiday Season

Sometimes the worse things get the better they are. This year began with our country in one of the most severe depressions of our lifetime – we as a community have embraced Try Local First and we feel the difference it has made.
We feel the positive energy of people shopping local and taking [...]