Office Doors: Kimber Lanning

OFFICE DOORS

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KIMBER LANNING

Founder of the Local First Arizona Foundation

Karen Werner | Editor

Kimber Lanning has covered a lot of territory in the last 15 years — going from a local record store and art gallery owner to a statewide leader in responsible economic development strategies.

When she started Local First Arizona in 2003, she focused on organizing locally owned businesses to level the playing field with large corporations in Arizona’s unbalanced economy. As part of the effort, Local First Arizona encouraged citizens to eat and shop locally. “Then we realized we can’t tell everyone to go local or eat local when there’s not enough local,” Lanning said.