Keeping It Weird, In A Good Way

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Wal-Mart and Target are the opposite of weird. That’s the point of view of a PR campaign in Louisville, Ky., where a black-and-white billboard rotating around the city urges residents to “Keep Louisville weird.” The idea is to fight the homogenized look of towns and cities across the U.S. where the proliferation of chain stores has ruined many a small business.

“We want consumers to be a little more conscientious. We want them to think before they open their wallets about what they can contribute to the local economy,” says Leslie Stewart, program coordinator for “Keep Louisville weird.”

Stewart took the idea from Austin, Texas, and began putting billboards up.



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