Sue Schultz checks out, with the help of Michael Mugler, her purchases at Adam Miller Toy and Bicycle this afternoon on Shop Small Saturday, a day promoted nationally to encourage shopping at locally owned businesses.
Locally owned retail businesses are critical to healthy local communities. Small business owners provide the support communities need to thrive and more of the money spent at a locally owned business stays in the local community to help the local economy grow.
For more:
- Grow Your Own (PDF) by the Kansas City Federal Reserve (A guide for local communities on promoting support for small, local businesses)
- The Shop Local Ripple Effect, by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
For a directory of locally owned businesses, visit ShopLocal.TheBatavian.com.
Andrea Karas and Kasey Woodhouse shopping at Pollyanna and Dot and The Hidden Door.
Gerald Diskin shopping for shoes at Batavia Bootery with Kevin Stone.
