Supporting The 3/50 Project
February 4, 2010 by Mr Mark
Long time readers of this blog know my thoughts on local businesses and the need for small shop owners. We Need Them. That was the exact thought of retail consultant Cinda Baxter. Causing her to create The 3/50 project.
As much we love the ease and convenience of working online and shopping online, you can’t forget the little market down the street or the shop that always carries that hard to find product you just have to have NOW and the big guys won’t carry….
If we lose them, we lose a lot. The term “Them” may even mean you, the reader of this blog who happens to own a small brick and mortar business. We need “You.” In this context “we” means we the people of the community you happen live in. The people you meet on the street and the people you rely on to be there in the thick of things.
How often do you use the small, independent business? I bet you never really thought about it. But you really need to. They are there for us and we need to be there for them. Have you considered how many families depend on you stopping in and buying that one item or that bag of stuff??
Cinda Baxter came up with the slogan “Pick 3. Spend 50. Save your local Economy” Simply put, pick three independent businesses in your community you would hate to lose. Spend $50 amongst them each month and save the local economy.
Yes, your small $50 gesture can save an entire community when you multiply all the other people you know doing the same thing. It may not seem like a lot, or enough to save a business. But your patronage can be the one sale that makes or breaks their month or makes the descison between closing or keeping on the fight. A little bit truly does go a long way.
For every $100 you spend in a local, independent business, $68 is returned to the local economy through payroll, taxes and other expenditures. If you spend that same $100 at a national chain, only $43 comes pack to your town.
Checkout The 3/50 Project website out for more information and go shop local and independent! The business you save may be your own!
