Join the Louisville Independent Business Association (LIBA)

Business member benefits

• Membership fees support the efforts of LIBA and the BUY LOCAL FIRST campaign, including campaign materials and LIBA events
• Be part of a collective voice of Louisville’s Independent Businesses
• Link listing in the Local Business Directory on www.keeplouisvilleweird.com
• BUY LOCAL FIRST Signage
• “We are a Locally Owned Business” decals
• Buy Local bag stuffers
• Special inter-member discounts from participating member businesses
• Special Ad rates for LEO weekly, BOOM and UR here
• Use of the BUY LOCAL FIRST…Keep Louisville Weird logo for advertising
• Increased awareness about supporting local and independent businesses through speakers and events
• Publicity through LIBA participation at community and LIBA sponsored events

Business Members must be able to answer YES to each of the following questions:

1. Is your business privately held? (not publicly traded) (yes or no)
2. Is your primary place of business located in the Louisville metro area with no corporate or national headquarters outside this area? (yes or no)
3. Can your business make independent decisions regarding the name and look of your business, as well as all business purchasing, practices and distribution? (yes or no)
4. Do you pay all your own marketing, rent and other business expenses without assistance from, or payment to, a corporate headquarters? (yes or no)

If you answered no to any of the above questions (except #2), you can still become an Affiliate. Fill out the regular business application and indicate your answers to the questions. Contact Summer Auerbach if you do not qualify to be Business Member or an Affiliate, but would like to support LIBA.

If you are not a business owner, you can join LIBA as an Individual.