Ten Reasons to Shop Local
1. More money is recycled
back into the local economy, helping local businesses grow and adding to the tax base.
2. More independently owned
businesses result in more choices and lower prices.
3. More jobs are created
when small businesses flourish.
4. Local business owners
give more to area non-profits and to civic causes.
5. Milford
retains its unique character as a quaint small town.
6. The
local retailers spent more than twice as much buying goods and services from other local businesses.
7. There is significantly
less of a carbon footprint on the environment without the need for long-haul shipping and developing of large tracts of land.
8. Local
stores help sustain a vivacious, navigable, efficient town center, which reduces sprawl.
9. You get better customer
service.
10. Local business owners
are more invested in the community's future.
