build.gradle with mavenLocal() failing dependency resolution

gistfile1.gradle

// Build by default.
defaultTasks 'build'

// Build configuration for all projects in this module.
allprojects {
    apply plugin: 'java'

    repositories {
        maven { url ggnRepositoryURL }
        mavenLocal()
    }

    dependencies {
        testCompile 'junit:junit:4.10'
    }
}

// Disable artifact generation for the container project because it has no code.
project(':common') {
    jar { enabled = false }
}

//
// Build configuration for the individual projects.
//

project(':common:charityusa-services') {
    dependencies {
        // Projects needed to compile this project.
        compile project(':common:charityusa-net')
        compile project(':common:charityusa-persistence')
        compile project(':common:charityusa-util')

        // Libraries needed to compile this project.
        compile 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-servlet-api:7.0.57'
        compile 'com.greatergood.nexus:nexus-inventory-client:1.0'

    }
}