Communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character have an economic advantage. 

For every $100 you spend at local businesses, $68 will stay in the community.

Independent businesses return more than three times as much money per dollar of sales to the community in which they operate than chain competitors. 

Local businesses are owned and operated by your neighbors!  They care about and are invested in the well-being of your community and its future.

Supporting local businesses is good for the environment because they often have a smaller carbon footprint than larger companies.

A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term.

A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based, not on a national sales plan, but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.

 

 

Essentially: Fresher beer, not as much shipping pollution, and it helps the community's economy!