The East Bay Express is excited to add a “Made in the East Bay” section to our annual Holiday Guide magazine in the Nov. 21 issue. This section features the products made locally to thousands of holiday shoppers looking for unique gift ideas and wanting to support our local economy by buying local. Not only is it great to support independent storefront businesses, it’s extra warm and fuzzy (not to mention sensible) to support our local artisans  as well!

Over 40,000 copies of the Express’ Holiday Guide will be distributed throughout the East Bay just prior to [Black] Plaid Friday: www.plaidfriday.com. If you haven’t seen our annual Holiday Guide, check it out here: www.eastbayexpress.com/general/flash/2011/HolidayGuide2011/

The Express’ Holiday Guide is the single best guide to the East Bay for holiday shopping, merriment and activities.

We are also offering deep discounts if you are a current member of Buy Local Berkeley, Sustainable Business Alliance or Oakland Grown. Note: in many cases the savings will cover all or most of the annual membership dues to these nonprofit organizations that the Express proudly supports.

For more information on these organizations:
www.oaklandgrown.org 
buylocalberkeley.org
www.sustainablebusinessalliance.org