Reasons to Shop Local First
- When you purchase at locally owned businesses rather than nationally owned ones, more money remains in our community because locally owned businesses often purchase from other local businesses, service providers, and farms. Buying local helps grow other businesses as well as our region’s tax base.
- Unique businesses create the unique character of the Spokane Region. This is what kept or brought many of us here and it will keep us here.
- Local businesses make more local purchases that require less transportation. This generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss, resource depletion, and pollution.
- Most new jobs are provided by local businesses. Small local businesses are the largest employers nationally.
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