About Us
LION stands for Local Investing Opportunities Network. LION creates opportunities for local businesses, nonprofits, and citizens to network.
Our mission is to build prosperous local businesses, keep investing money in our community, and help build a more resilient and sustainable economy in East Jefferson County.
LION is not a loan or investment fund, and it does not make collective investment decisions. Our membership consists of local citizens who support local businesses and invest their money locally, putting their investing money to work within our community. Keeping funds local facilitates greater economic self-sufficiency, job growth, economic development, and a dollar-multiplier effect whereby a dollar kept within the community can be spent many times over for a far greater benefit than a dollar invested away from our community.
Website developed by: Karen Richards, Doug Young, Deborah Stinson, Sarah Rubenstein, Carla Main, Brian Kuh and Frank DePalma of Totera Web Systems.
Building Community Together
Local investing is more than providing financing and receiving payments – although these are key enablers. Local Investing is about building businesses, building relationships, and building community. That is the message of the LION 2021 video, as told through the story of reopening Aldrich’s – the oldest continuously operated grocery store in WA. LION founder Michelle Sandoval, Aldrich’s owners Yos and Christa Ligtenberg, and Aldrich’s investors Fran and Dan Post share their perspectives on Building Community Together.
Video developed by LION members Eric Peterson, Tim Whyte, Kathryn Maly and Earll Murman; Producer Marit Schmidt; Videographer Gabe Van Lelyveld
https://www.whaleheartproductions.com/.
June 2023 - Updated Profile in Local Investing by LION Members
Data in the profile is based on a voluntary survey conducted of LION members. As not all LION members responded to the survey, the data shown represent “at least” amounts of LION member investments. The profile contains data in aggregate (no specific business, member, or otherwise confidential information is included), and describe the magnitude, scope, and characteristics of local investing by LION members.
Updated Profile of Local Investing 2008-2022 (PDF) Publication date, June 2023
Data is based on responses from LION members who responded to voluntary surveys conducted in 2012, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2023.
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