Save Gas / Shop Local
Recent news reports identify so many challenges to mall hoping and traveling for holiday sales. Even the big stores are giving us less than we like, making malls in California less exciting. And, of course, don't get any of us started on the up-going price of gas and all the traffic!
So why not start shopping locally?
Here in Benicia, California, many merchants are banding together to showcase what we have to offer our neighbors. Local residents can see the great opportunities available right here. With little threat to their safety or wallet.
Have you turned into a local shopper yet?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Why Local?
Why Local?
A good reasons to shop at locally owned businesses:
Significantly more money re-circulates in your community when you buy from locally owned, rather than nationally owned, businesses: More money stays in the community because locally owned businesses purchase from other local businesses, service providers, and farms. Purchasing locally helps grow other businesses as well as your community's tax base.
Local businesses provide most new jobs: Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally, and in most communities provide the most new jobs to residents.
A good reasons to shop at locally owned businesses:
Significantly more money re-circulates in your community when you buy from locally owned, rather than nationally owned, businesses: More money stays in the community because locally owned businesses purchase from other local businesses, service providers, and farms. Purchasing locally helps grow other businesses as well as your community's tax base.
Local businesses provide most new jobs: Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally, and in most communities provide the most new jobs to residents.
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