SHOP LOCAL PEORIA  

5901 N Prospect
Peoria, IL 61614

WHY SHOP LOCAL

  • KEEP MONEY IN PEORIA
  • EMBRACE WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
  • GET BETTER SERVICE
  • BUY WHAT YOU WANT, NOT WHAT SOMEONE WANTS YOU TO BUY
  • CREATE MORE GOOD JOBS
  • HELP OUT THE ENVIRONMENT
  • SUPPORT COMMUNITY GROUPS
  • INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY
  • PUT YOUR TAXES TO GOOD USE
  • SHOW THE COUNTRY WE BELIEVE IN PEORIA
  • HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES "PLAY IN PEORIA"

  • SHOP LOCAL FACTS

    • For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $45 goes back into the community-and our tax base. For every $100 spent at a chain store, only $14 comes back.
    • A recent national survey of 1,100 independent businesses found that those in cities with active Buy Local campaigns fared significantly better over the holidays than those in cities without such campaigns.
    • Local businesses often hire people who have a better understanding of the products they're selling, and take more time to get to know customers.
    • Local businesses in neighborhoods need comparatively less infrastructure investment and make more efficient use of public services as compared to nationally owned stores entering the community.
    • Nonprofits receive an average of 350% more support from local business owners than they do from non-locally owned businesses.

 

 

Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Friends of Midcoast Maine, "The Economic Impact of Locally Owned Businesses vs. Chains: A Case Study in Midcoast Maine," Sept. 2003.

http://www.ilsr.org/columns/2009/011509.html

Economic Impact Analysis: A Case Study, Civic Economics, December 2002.

 

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5901 N Prospect
Peoria, IL 61614