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Business ServicesJuicy Temples, LLC MarvelUS Advertising and Marketing Production Hub Signman Sez Custom FramingFrame Masters Gallery Financial ServicesBB&T Bank Bank Omni Financial Food & DrinkBig Daddy’s Roadhouse Bikes, Beans and Bordeaux Junior’s Diner O’Stromboli Stardust
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Medical ServicesCadle Chiropractic Dr. Thomas Hunter RetailAdams Jewelry American Modern Jewelry Audubon Park Community Market Orlando Outfitters Palmers Garden & Goods Park Ave CDs The R. Nichols Shop Willard Appliance Sales Winter Park Cycles |
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ServicesBlueSky Pavers Eric Horner Interiors GAP Architectural Products Gene’s Automotive Massage Solutions Shag’d Hair Studio Sun Cleaners Willard Appliance Repair
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Think Local, Buy Local, Be LocalBuying local is more than simply finding great deals right in your own backyard. It's also about supporting your local community, putting money back into your neighborhood and driving the local economy. Here are seven great reasons to shop local: 1. More Money Stays in Our Community. For every $100 you spend at a big box retailer or national chain, only $14 of that stays in the community. The rest goes somewhere else, usually to another state or even another country. By contrast, when you buy from a locally owned business $45 stays here because locally-owned businesses often purchase from other local businesses and service providers. 2. Non Profits Receive More Support. Non profits often receive greater support from local business owners, sometimes as much as 250% more money, than they do from chains and big box retailers. 3. Environmental Impact Is Reduced. Local businesses make more local purchases requiring less transportation. This generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss, resource depletion and pollution. 4. Most New Jobs Are Provided By Local Businesses. Small local businesses are the largest employers nationally and often provide better wages and benefits than national chains. 5. Customer Service Is Often Better. Local businesses often hire people with more specific product expertise and they invest in their employees for better customer service. 6. Put Your Taxes To Good Use. Local businesses in city and town centers require much less infrastructure investments and make more efficient use of public services than big box retailers who need much more public service in the way of roads, police and fire. 7. Buying Local Builds Sustainable Economies. As local businesses thrive, control over the economy moves from the boardrooms of distant corporations and back into the community where it belongs. |
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