Bringing The 3/50 Project to your doorstep

Building on a great idea from Alison Heath at Hardwood Artisans, I’m going to be tying media pitches for outlets around the country to small business closings in their communities (think: the gift shop down the street “going dark” next weekend). Short of suddenly becoming all-seeing or finding ten more hours in the day to search community news nationwide, that means one thing.

I need to borrow your brain.

If you know of a locally owned business in your community getting ready to close, please let me know. I’ll send your local media a story pitch about The 3/50 Project and how it can help prevent more losses to their hometowns. Making this personal and relevant increases the odds exponentially of this hitting the local airwaves or newspapers.

Here’s what I need from you:

1. The name and type of the business closing
2. When they’ll be closing (if you know for sure)
3. Names of the local newspaper and radio stations (television too, if applicable)

I’ll do my level best to get The 3/50 Project in front of the right eyes, in hopes of adding a positive element to what is otherwise a heartbreaking situation.

Feel free to drop these in my email box (instead of putting them in the comments): get_info@alwaysupward.com.

Thanks, guys. Together, we can take this thing a whole lot further than just our industries.

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Save the economy three stores at a time
Let’s get The 3/50 Project on the Today Show
The Project 3/50 bag stuffers are here
Oprah, you’ve got it wrong
CNBC host Erin Burnett reminds us the battle is about more than just money
Enough with the carnage
The 3/50 Project grows legs
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