• Local Character & Prosperity

In an increasingly homogenised world, communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character have an economic advantage.

• Community Well-Being

Locally owned businesses build strong communities by keeping people in town, linking neighbourhoods in a web of economic and social relationships, and contributing to local causes.

• Local Decision-Making

Local ownership ensures that important decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and who will feel the impacts of those decisions.

• Keeping Dollars in the Local Economy

Local businesses recycle a much larger share of their revenue back into the local economy, enriching the whole community.

• Jobs

Locally owned businesses create more jobs locally 

• Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship fuels America’s economic innovation and prosperity, and serves as a key means for families to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class.

• Competition

A marketplace numerous small businesses is the best way to insure innovation and low prices long-term.

• Product Diversity

A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based on the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.