Cynthia Floyd at Book Swap of Carrollwood sends along this reminder about shopping locally. Of course, you don’t have to wait until November 22!
“Sometimes seemingly small acts have an impact bigger than you ever imagined. Take family spending. You may think you’re merely fulfilling your family’s wants or needs when you shop or dine out. Think again. The choice of where you spend your money makes a big difference to your community. Spending your money with locally-owned independent businesses puts it to work directly helping your local economy – just one way your community benefits from its independent businesses. They use goods and services of other locally-owned independent businesses–re-circulating your money about 3.5 times longer locally than if you spend it at a chain store. This creates greater community health and prosperity.
“Now imagine the impact on your community if everyone shopped locally owned. You can stop imagining and help make it a reality. On November 22, communities around America will be urged to “unchain” for just that one day-to maximize the impact of their dollars and inject potentially millions more into the local economy through joining other residents to do their shopping, dining out and other
business only with locally-owned independent businesses.”
