2008 was the first year of OM’s existence and not only did we see our membership exceed 50 businesses but we found ourselves mentioned in quite a few media outlets throughout the year, online and off.

Online:

• OnMilwaukee.com - “OM Presents Buy Local Campaign”
• OnMilwaukee.com - “How and why to Buy Local for the Holidays”
• UsaWeekend.com - “Local and Loving It”
• About.com - “Keep it Local During Celebrate Your Independents! Week”
• AlterraCoffee.com - “Celebrate Our Milwaukee Local Businesses”
• BizJournals.com - “Milwaukee retailers pushing consumers to buy local”
• StoneCreekCoffee.com - “Our Milwaukee Buy Local Fair”
• VitalSourceMag.com - “Milwaukee merchants in the pull to keep it local”
• CooperativeGrocer.coop - “Co-op Helps Build Local Business Alliance”
• ExpressMilwaukee.com - “Pledge to Buy Local This Holiday Season”

Offline:

• Shepherd Express
• Outpost Exchange Magazine
• Vital Source Magazine
• 88.9 Radio Milwaukee
• 91.7 WMSE Radio
• Fox 6 Wake-Up News

These lists are a work in progress - if you know of any other Our Milwaukee mentions in the media, please let us know. Overall, it was a great year with a good amount of press for both the “Buy Local” movement and Our Milwaukee. We look forward to spreading the word about local living even further in 2009!