Our local independent businesses provide much more than just good prices:

Better Service
Local owners and employees really know their businesses and their customers — and can offer you more personalized service and relevant advice.

Superior Quality
Many locally owned independents provide higher-quality products and services to you than the average national chain business.

Unique Choices
Independent local businesses bring their own creativity to their businesses — offering selections you won’t find elsewhere.


 

 

Our City and County local independents are just a click away.

Our members are local independents who’ve taken a stand to help spread the word about locals, by joining the BUILD St. Louis business alliance. Please patronize their businesses – and refer friends and family to them, as well.  
 

Accounting Commercial Recycling Kitchen & Housewares
Antiques & Vintage Construction Lawn & Garden
Architectural Services Design & Marketing Legal Services
Arts & Craft Supplies Education Music Stores
Artisan Crafts Environment Nonprofits
Automotive Entertainment Office Supplies
Bakeries Financial Services Party Supplies
Beauty & Hair Care Fine Arts Pets' Needs
Blogs Florists Pharmacies
Bookstores Food & Produce Photography
Beer & Wine Gifts & Jewelry Point of Sale Systems
Business Development Health & Well-Being Printing
Cafés & Coffee Home Furnishings Publications
Catering & Events Home Improvement Radio & Media Arts
Clothing Home Services Real Estate
Computers Kids Restaurants & Bars
    Sporting Goods

+ symbols indicate BUILD St. Louis' founding member businesses.
Inactive index links are some of the categories still under development.

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Publications
Click on web addresses to visit members' sites.

Printed and Online

The Gateway Gardener Magazine | GatewayGardener.com
314 968 3740 | PO Box 220853 in Kirkwood (63122)
Founded in 2005, we are the St. Louis area's only print magazine dedicated solely to home gardening, landscaping, and plant care and maintenance. Each month, more than 80,000 readers rely on our magazine and website for tips on growing healthy and colorful ornamental plants, bountiful vegetable gardens, lush green lawns, and beautiful trees and shrubs, as well as information on tools, outdoor furnishings, and other products and resources to help them enjoy their outdoor living spaces. Our magazine is available free at more than 400 locations throughout the greater metropolitan region, and is also distributed to garden clubs and provided to attendees at most area green-industry and sustainable-living conferences and shows. The Gateway Gardener proudly promotes and supports locally owned independent businesses!

The Healthy Planet Magazine | TheHealthyPlanet.com
314 962 7748 | 20 N. Gore, Suite 200 in Webster Groves (63119) Map
We are “St. Louis’ Green & Natural Living Magazine,” each month serving more than 90,000 readers in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Our magazine is available free at more than 800 pick-up points metro-wide. To have an article or advertisement published, call us or e-mail JBL44@aol.com.

Sauce Magazine | SauceMagazine.com
314 772 8004 | 1820 Chouteau Ave in Lafayette Square (63103) Map
We’re St. Louis' only locally owned and independent culinary and entertainment magazine and guide. From our beginning, Sauce has aligned with the hard-working, passionate entrepreneurs and risk-takers who have helped build a thriving culinary community. We support the culinary artisans, local retailers, neighborhood coffee shops, specialty grocers, local farmers, multi-generational restaurants, and other independent businesses that help make St. Louis a unique and appealing place to live and work. As the most widely distributed monthly publication in St. Louis, Sauce has a circulation of 80,000+ and is available free at more than 1,100 restaurants, bars, and retailers across the metro area. In addition to our print and digital advertising packages, we recently developed the Special Sauce Advertising Grant Program. It's a new initiative designed to help burgeoning restaurants and independent culinary ventures dedicated to locally sourced food — farmers, artisanal producers, shopkeepers — achieve self-reliance, and to help ensure diversity in our food-fascinated community. To advertise with Sauce, please call us or e-mail publisher@saucemagazine.com.

Printed

R3 Saint Louis | R3STL.com
314 496 5998 | 4245 Maryland Ave in the Central West End (63108) Map
R3 Saint Louis (Repair-Restore-Remodel, Saint Louis) is a new publication dedicated to providing a free, local resource for “how-to” skills, products, and services information on repairing, restoring, and remodeling our homes, neighborhoods, and communities. R3 Saint Louis is the metro area’s only resource totally dedicated to providing “how-to” information. R3 is also about maintaining, building, and rejuvenating metro-area neighborhoods. We actively promote Buying Locally from local businesses – which conserves taxes, creates jobs, and strengthens our neighborhoods. For a healthy city and county, a strong local economy is a must.

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UrbanReviewSTL | UrbanReviewSTL.com
steve@urbanreviewstl.com | Meetings by appointment
St. Louis' most popular place blog. Started on 10/31/2004 by Steve Patterson, UrbanReviewSTL has received numerous "best blog" awards over the years. Each month the blog has over 10,000 unique visitors. Over a six month period the blog is viewed by more than 50,000 unique visitors. Contributors on local planning, design, and policy issues are welcomed and advertising is accepted. For sizes and rates, click here. Follow us on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/UrbanReviewSTL.

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