As Local As Possible is a project of Odom RE-USE Co. intended to draw attention to our
choices in spending. Spending equates jobs, plain and simple. When you have the opportunity to buy
closer to home, the jobs stay closer to home also.

We all can select products from a worldwide source with no consideration for distance to our homes, or
we can weigh a product’s source along with its quality, features and price.

We sell building materials, but purchase a variety of products in the process. In giving consideration to
where a product is made, we have an opportunity to build our local economy, and in turn, grow with
that local community.

Starting about 2 years ago, we tried to buy more local made product. This required diligence in seeking
out a more local source – promotional products are a good example. T-Shirts are still made in the USA,
but not in Michigan. Same goes for baseball caps, and beer glasses we have used for promos in the past.
We pay more for these things because we feel it is important, and that the little things do add up to a
significant contribution, especially in a recession where every job counts.

Where the products are all from a great distance, but sold in locally owned as well as chain stores, we
try to use our local community owned stores as often as we can.

We have a modest display of local products for sale in our store, featuring a variety of promo items such
as shirts, caps and mugs, as well as local artist music CD’s, and artwork made from used building
materials. If you are in touch with a product that would fit into this mix, please contact us. We are
especially interested in home building products made from used material, artwork also made from
anything used, and home decoration items made locally. We are not looking for food, or jewelry, as
those are very well represented in other venues.


Sources for some items at Odom’s local corner, or used “in house”, or artists who source from us!

T- Shirts  Jen-Tees, made by Bayside and American Apparel, both US companies.

Baseball caps, Jen Tees, US made

Beer Glasses “ “ made by Libby, USA, also available at Grandstand online

Bumper stickers Jen-Tees, made in Michigan

Local artist music Fox on a Hill productions, Michigan

Artwork from used building materials Greg Shaw, John Van Valkenburgh, Mike McConnell, Ben Purdy,
Alan Strange, Glen Wolff, David Moehle

Home decoration products or children’s toys built from used Jim Draplin, Greg Shaw

Other Local artists/decorators: Dramatic Finishes Unlimited, Artistic Innovations, Floor Covering Broker

Thank you, of course to the many thousands in North lower Michigan who remodel their homes and
businesses using any local used materials, thank you again if you are among the over ten thousand who
have bought from us, and thank you for whatever you do buy local, it builds community.

Items used in our operation:

Paper 100% recycled from Copy Shop

Supplies from Ace hardware, which is as local as possible that we know of for hardware items.


Other favorite local owned producers:

Creation Farms essential oils and soaps

Ba Ba Zu Zu Clothing

Many furniture artisans, including Bill Perkins, Jeff Anderson

The new co-op art gallery on Front Street.

Yana Dee clothing


If you have a contact of locally made products, not including food or jewelry, please contact use the
email form link below:

LINK

You can also contact us by snail-mail: ALAP 5555 Brentwood Ave, Grawn, MI 49637