Click here to check out the businesses that have already joined our Read Local, Shop Local program!

Thank you for your interest in Read Local, Shop Local

At the Altadena Library, we strive to support all members of the community that we serve. For us, that support means more than storytimes and free Wi-Fi; it also means finding ways to support Altadena businesses by connecting them with library users.

We invite you, as a local business owner, to join our Read Local, Shop Local program. Updated for 2023, Read Local, Shop Local is designed to promote your business and our libraries. Library users make great customers, and we’d love for our regulars to become your regulars.

How it works

• As a business owner, you sign up to participate; we provide you with a Read Local, Shop Local kit (including window sticker for display).
• We provide interested library users with a rewards card.
• When a rewards card holder checks in at your business, your staff initials a checkbox on the rewards card.
• After collecting 10 check-ins, the card holder brings the rewards card to thelibrary to be redeemed for exclusive Altadena Library merchandise.

How your business benefits

With your participation, you tap into our communication network for these promotional opportunities:

• A spotlight mention in the eConnect newsletter
• Inclusion in the Read Local, Shop Local display
• A listing on the Read Local, Shop Local webpage
• A reservation in the annual Read Local, Shop Local Market event (new for 2023)!

What we ask of you

With the launch of the updated program, we request that you:

• Allow us to post a monthly flyer in your business.
• Consider placing a “deposit library” (a box of free-to-take books provided by the library) in your space.
• Think about hosting a pop-up event with our mobile library, the Curiosity Connection, at your business.
• Let us know how the program is going by responding to semi-annual surveys emailed to you.

Sound Good?

We encourage you to join Read Local, Shop Local today! Just fill out the form on the bottom of this page and tell us more about your business so we can feature it in our communications.

If you need help or have questions, please email us at readlocal@altadenalibrary.org.