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The Think Local Buy Local message has been a consistent message for a number of years and never been more relevant. Your shopping decisions count!
Buy local and win!
In June this year, Council ran a Think Local Buy Local Campaign to encourage shoppers to choose local in their shopping decisions.
With a minimum $10 spend, shoppers were eligible to enter the weekly prize draw. There were over 400 entries.
The below winners took home a gift pack of local business vouchers to the value of $250 each:
- Aekta Desai who shopped at Yaring Thai Street Food in Mitcham
- Michael Frost who shopped at Hahndorf’s Chocolates in Blackburn
- Lauren Addey who shopped at Jefferies Your Local Provedore in Blackburn
- Abbey Wakerley who also shopped at Jefferies Your Local Provedore in Blackburn
Thank you to everyone who participated and to the businesses who took part in promoting the campaign.
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Face of Your Place
Face of Your Place is part of Council's Think Local Buy Local initiative.
Each month, the Investment and Economic Development team interviews a business owner to share what they love most about trading in their location and Whitehorse.
Read the stories from your local traders here
If you love a local business and would like to support them, please let us know by emailing business@whitehorse.vic.gov.au.
Get to know your retail precincts
The most recent retail precinct audit was conducted in July 2024. This audit revealed continued confidence in the business community with an overall decrease in vacancies. Future audits will help us monitor vacancies, identify trends and assist with strategic planning.
The changes in the top three business categories in the three years from June 2020 to July 2024 were:
- Food and Beverage (café, casual dining, takeaway) has increased from 23.90% in June 2020 to 24.13% in July 2024.
- Personal Services (hair, beauty, massage) has has slightly decreased from 11.95% in June 2020 to 10.67% in July 2024.
- Grocery and Fresh Food (bakery, green grocer, convenience store/milk bar, supermarket, bottle shop, butcher) was 9.05% in June 2020 and has decreased to 8.70% in July 2024.
*excluding privately operating hard top centres (For example, Forest Hill Chase, Box Hill Central) and precincts less than 5 properties.
A summary of the information is available in the form of downloadable precinct profiles. The profiles have been created to display information about Whitehorse as a municipality and then categorised as West, Central and East to allow for more detailed information to be presented. They are available on the Whitehorse Retail Precincts Profiles page on the WBIZ website.
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