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In Bozeman, Montana a father and son home building enterprise Anders and Jake Lewendal, has begun to "rebuild the American economy—one all-American home at a time.
“I always liked the idea of buying local and I wondered whether it would be possible to build a home made with all American-made products,” says the San Francisco, California, native. “I thought: What can we do to stimulate the economy in a recession?”

Although the Lewendals had a tough time finding American made hardware or power tools they "buy American-made when we can.”

Since they've begun dozens of other builders have joined in and as a result many of their suppliers are adding jobs as they increase their sales to the Lewendals and other builders.

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Then let's repeat this story in our own little way as we KeepItQuerque - buy local!

Thanks to member Martha Doster for bringing this story to our attention.