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Why Shop Local?

Local businesses are an essential part of the growth and health of our community and they depend on our support to continue to provide the quality of services and products unique to our community. This is especially true in light of the challenging economic times.

Many people forget or are not aware that local businesses provide financial stability, while simultaneously generating the tax revenues that create jobs and fund improvement projects. In fact, almost everything that happens within the community, receives some type of support from local businesses.

One of the best ways the chamber and the community can support local businesses and create a strong local economy is to shop local.

Members: If you would like a copy of this logo for your business and promotional products, please contact Karla at 458-6940.

More benefits of Shopping Local

Keeping Dollars in the Local Economy

Your dollars spent in locally-owned businesses have three times

the impact on your community as

dollars spent at national chains. When shopping locally, you simultaneously create jobs, fund more city services through sales tax, invest in

neighborhood improvement

and promote community development.

Job and Wages

Locally owned businesses create

more jobs locally and, in some sectors, provide better wages and benefits

than chains do.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship fuels America's economic innovation and prosperity,

and serves as a key means for

families to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class.