1. Significantly More Money Re-Circulates In Our Community.
When you purchase at locally owned businesses rather than nationally owned, more money is kept in the community because locally-owned businesses often purchase from other local businesses, service providers and farms. Purchasing local helps grow other businesses as well as our community's tax base.
2. Non Profits Receive Greater Support.
Local business owners donate more to local charities than non-local owners.
3. Unique Businesses Create Character & Prosperity
The unique character of our area is what brought us here and keeps us here.
4. Environmental Impact Is Reduced.
Local businesses make more local purchases requiring less transportation. Consumers who shop closer to home reduce fuel consumption.
5. Most New Jobs Are Provided By Local Businesses.
Small local businesses are the largest employers nationally.
6. Customer Service Is Better.
Local businesses often hire people with more specific product expertise for better customer service.
7. Local Business Owners Invest In Community.
Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community's future.
8. Public Benefits Far Outweigh Public Costs.
Local businesses require comparatively little infrastructure and more efficiently utilize public services relative to chain stores.
9. Competition And Diversity Leads To More Consumer Choices.
A marketplace of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term.
10. Investment In Our Area Is Encouraged.
A growing body of economic research shows that in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character.
This list was posted on several local-shopping themed websites including http://www.localfirst.com/why and http://shoplocalsf.org/
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Great article! We need the reminders like this. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIt is important to know if the business is local. Five Star is owned and operated by local residences. Our on-line business Saint George's Cafe, is a local business and we support our community as much now as we did when we were a brick and mortar building in downtown Milford. Clothing Cover (both the on-line business and brick and mortar building) is a local business. Know your merchant, know their business and support them. Please remember their ability to support their community is equal to the support they get from the community in purchasing their products.
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