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3. Fosters Local Decision Making: 7. Buy what you want, not what
Local businesses are owned by someone wants you to buy: A
people who live in this community marketplace of tens of thousands
making them less likely to of small businesses is the best
leave and are more invested in way to ensure innovation and low
the community’s future. Local prices over the long-term.
ownership means that important
decisions are made locally by 8. Puts Your Taxes to Good
people who live in the community Use: Local businesses in town
and who will feel the impacts of centers require comparatively
their decisions. Local stores help to little infrastructure investment
sustain vibrant, compact, walkable and make more efficient use of
town centers-which in turn are public services as compared to
essential to reducing sprawl, nationally owned stores entering
automobile use, habitat loss, and the community.
air and water pollution. 9. Supports Community Groups

4. Encourages Local Prosperity: and Organizations: Small
Entrepreneurship fuels America’s business owners give, on average,
economic innovation and 250% more support to local
prosperity, and serves as a key community groups than larger
means for families to move out businesses give. This contribution
of low-wage jobs and into the gives more support to our local
middle class. community.
5. Creates More Good Jobs: 10. Reduces Environmental Impact:
Small local businesses are the Locally owned businesses often stock
largest employer nationally and in a high percentage of local sourced
our community, provide the most goods requiring less transportation
jobs to residents. and generally set up shop in town or
city centers as opposed to developing
6. Local Shops Value You More: on the fringe.
Evidence from numerous surveys
show people receive better Shopping locally is very important to our
city, our merchants, and to you, our citizens.
customer care and service locally. When you shop in Montrose, Verdugo City,
Local businesses survive by their parts of La Crescenta and Glendale, you save
reputation and repeat business. time and money; you also invest in our future
This means you get a higher and enable our business community to grow.
Local Services such as Police, Fire, Parks,
standard of service and people Libraries, Street Repairs and Water Services
with a better understanding of the depend on sales tax dollars. The Chamber of
products they are selling who take Commerce urges you to shop locally and keep
more time to get to know you. your tax dollars benefiting you.v
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