The businesses in the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce are a great group that really care about our community. They show they care by supporting everything in the community from schools and charities to sports teams and politics.
Supporting local businesses whether retail, retirement communities, or any of the more than 350 businesses that belong to the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce is also a smart way to support the community. When you shop at a local business far more of the money you spend is reinvested in the community. Your dollars not only help the business to thrive, they also help pay commercial property taxes to the county, sales tax to the state, and then employees spend their paychecks locally. Your dollars are reinvested in schools and needed public services.
One study based in New Orleans concluded that for every foot of a retail space in a business, $188 is re-circulated in the local economy through wages and benefits, taxes, contributions to charities, school and nonprofits.
Before using an Internet business, think about our local businesses. Take pride in your community by shopping local, thinking local, and helping our community businesses survive and thrive!
Fantastic idea for a local blog! Hope it advertises the best and raises the level of service in the community.
ReplyDeleteThis blog will show what "good" is!
Thank you!
We are long past the days of the General Store and sitting around the Franklin Stove to catch up and help out. That was the community of old.
ReplyDeleteNow community is about being connected to others locally and knowing who to call or see for reliable service and products (that they will stand behind). Whether it's pulling together to weather (no pun implied here) the back-to-back blizzards or summer storm black-out or having an emergency need at an off time, fellow residents of the local community can be counted on to help out and take the extra effort.
In the Mount Vernon - Lee area this is the case and this spotlight series will help us to know each other that much better.
Great job of serving the community in a very positive and meaningful way.