Stay Local!

Reports and Studies

Informative documents for consumers and businesses about the benefits of shopping locally.

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Stay Local! Reports

  • 2009 Thinking Outside the Box:  A Report on Independent Merchants and the Local Economy

    This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. See infographic on page 8.

  • Stay Local! Business Summit: Stabilize, Sustain, & Grow

    What do neighborhood business districts need to stabilize and sustain existing businesses, and grow new businesses and industries? Read the final report from the January 2007 Business Summit Stay Local! convened in New Orleans.

  • Stay Local! Feedback on Tiered Evacuation Re-entry for Small Businesses

    Stay Local! solicited re-entry experiences from its listed businesses and submitted them to Councilmember Arnie Fielkow following Hurricane Gustav in September 2008. Stay Local! participated in the Disaster Mitigation Task Force to improve the re-entry process after future mandatory evacuations.

  • Stay Local! Weighs in on Starbucks in Jackson Square

    Stay Local! urges the Louisiana State Museum board to consider the long-term cultural and economic benefits of leasing the space formerly occupied by La Madeleine on Jackson Square to local Chef/Owner Scott Boswell rather than to Starbucks.

  • The Urban Conservancy 2007 Progress Report

    See what we’ve been up to! The year in review: staylocal.org, neighborhood guides, business summits, Lafitte Greenway and Urban Main Street advocacy.

  • Zoning on Magazine: Stay Local! Weighs In on Pita Pit

    Stay Local! writes in support of The Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association and Smart Growth for Louisiana’s appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment to overrule the decision of the Department of Safety and Permits classifying high-volume national retailer The Pita Pit as a cafeteria restaurant rather than a fast food restaurant.

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