Keeping Locals Local (.com)

Richard Scully • March 17, 2025

Why "Keeping Locals Local" Matters to Our Community

When you support local businesses, you invest directly into the heart of our community. Keeping locals local is more than just shopping close to home—it's about strengthening our economy, creating jobs for our neighbors, and preserving the unique character that makes our town special.


Local businesses reinvest significantly more revenue into our economy compared to national chains, meaning your money helps fund local parks, schools, infrastructure improvements, and public safety. Additionally, supporting local merchants helps maintain and create local jobs, ensuring a prosperous and sustainable community for everyone.


By choosing local businesses, we reduce environmental impacts through less transportation and packaging, support entrepreneurship and innovation right in our neighborhoods, and foster stronger community connections.



Together, we have the power to shape our community’s future. Let’s make the choice to "Keep Locals Local"—because when our local businesses thrive, so do we all.

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