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Submitted by BridgetB on December 5, 2018 - 1:02pmShop Urbana!
You benefit from experience.
- At a local store, you are more than three times likely to find something new and interesting.
- You get the right thing and save time by relying on the expertise of local retailers.
You connect with the community.
- In places with more local businesses, people have stronger social ties, and participate more in civic affairs.
- Shopping locally means bumping into friends, enjoying lively streets, and trading neighborhood news with the people behind the counter.
- Local businesses make communities work.
You strengthen Urbana's economy.
- Local businesses hire local people.
- They pay local taxes.
- They source goods locally.
- Compared to shopping online, independent retailers create two times as many jobs for the same amount of revenue.*
You help keep the environment green.