SHOP LOCAL PEORIA
5901 N Prospect
Peoria, IL 61614
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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
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