Top Ten Reasons to Buy Local
- Significantly more money re-circulates in Cambridge when
purchases are made at locally owned, rather than nationally owned,
businesses. More money stays in the community because locally
owned businesses purchase from other local businesses, service
providers, and farms.
- Most new jobs are provided by locally owned businesses.
Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally, and in Cambridge, they provide the most new jobs to residents.
- Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an integral part of our distinctive character.
The unique character of Cambridge is what brought us here and will keep us here.
- Local business owners invest in community. Local businesses are
owned by people who live locally and are more invested in the
community’s future.
- Customer service is better.
Local businesses are closer to the customer and hire people with more specific product expertise for better customer service.
- Competition and diversity lead to more choices. A multitude of
small businesses, each selecting products based on the needs of their
local customers and not on a national sales plan, guarantees a much
broader range of product choices.
- Environmental impact is less. Shopping at locally owned
businesses is more energy efficient. Locally owned businesses make more
local purchases, thus reducing the transportation costs of goods.
- Public benefits far outweigh public costs.
Local
businesses require comparatively little infrastructure investment and
make more efficient use of public services as compared to nationally
owned stores entering the community.
- Local businesses encourage investment in Cambridge.
A growing body of
economic research shows that entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more
likely to settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind
businesses and distinctive character.
- Non-profits receive greater support.
Non-profit
organizations receive an average 350% greater support from local
business owners than they do from non-locally owned businesses.
Created by
kathleen
Last modified
2006-03-31 09:05 PM
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