PAUL SCHRAG: GO LOCAL ASKS FOR $100,000 >>>

As city officials ruminate on how much money to give upstart business advocacy organization Go Local, some might argue with the notion that Tacoma needs another business advocacy group. I mean, let’s be real. We already have 14 neighborhood business district associations, a Cross-District Association, the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, the Business Improvement Area, various localized Chamber affiliates, the city’s Community and Economic Development Department, Downtown Merchants Group, a small business incubator, several college-affiliated programs, several Small Business Administration programs, an independently-owned newspaper dedicated to small businesses, and a couple dozen networking groups. I probably missed a few.

But this Go Local thing is different. Read why on the Weekly Volcano Web site.