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Reason #1 – Build Community!
The casual encounters you enjoy at independent businesses and the public spaces around them nurture relationships, community cohesiveness, and smiles. They’re the ultimate social networking sites!
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Reason #2 – Get Greater Value!
Reader surveys by the Consumers Union repeatedly show independent businesses beating their chain competitors in overall customer satisfaction.
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Reason #3 – A Healthier Environment!
Want less congested roads? A more walkable, bikeable community? Lower taxes? Independent businesses typically consume less land and locate closer to residents, lessening traffic, pollution and public infrastructure costs.
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Reason #4 – Lower Taxes!
More efficient land use and more central locations mean local businesses put less demand on our roads, sewers, and safety services. They also generate more tax revenue per sales dollar. A greater percentage of local independent businesses keeps your taxes lower.
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Reason #5 – More Jobs & Opportunity!
Independent businesses employ more people per dollar of revenue, they use a wide range of other goods and services, expanding opportunities for local entrepreneurs.
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Reason #6 – Shape our Character!
Independent businesses help give your community its distinct personality.
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Reason #7 – Enhance Choices!
A wide variety of independent businesses, each serving their customers’ tastes, creates greater overall choice for all of us.
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Reason #8 – Enhance Local Democracy!
Local ownership of business means residents with roots in the community are involved in key development decisions that shape our lives and local environment.
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Reason #9 – Enhance Wealth of Residents!
The multiplier effect created by spending locally generates lasting impact on the prosperity of local organizations and residents.
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Reason #10 – Give Back to your Community!
Small businesses donate more than twice as much per sales dollar to local non-profits, events, and teams compared to big businesses.
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Reason #11 – Enhance Health of Residents!
Research shows a strong correlation between the percentage of small locally-owned firms and various indicators of personal and community health and vitality.
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Why it Matters
Local Character and Prosperity In an increasingly homogenized world, communities that preserve their one-
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B.V.I.B.A currently has OVER 60 independent, locally owned and operated businesses working together to revitalize the economy of the Blackstone Valley and neighboring communities.