09-02-2016, 05:33 PM
(09-02-2016, 05:01 PM)Belsnickel Wrote:
3. Growing the local economy. This one is really my favorite. When you spend money at a store that sources locally, or go to a farmer's market, or eat at a restaurant that sources locally, a higher percentage of those funds will stay within your local economy and circulate around.
This is my big thing. Not related at all, but I started griping about the lack of "locally sourced" goods in a community a few years ago. I don't know if I picked the term up somewhere and forgot about it, or what, but I think it's important to locally source as many products as you can. Food, furniture, clothing, whatever.