With the holiday shopping season approaching, the Real American Sunrise focused on buying local.
This month's topic was focused on shopping locally and the importance of that on local economic strength. Businesses want you to know that 46% of the amount that you spend when shopping locally stays in the community. Whereas only 16% when shopping at a chain or when you buy something online, only a fraction of a percent stays in the community. Several business owners talked about why it's important to shop local and why Sunrise is a helpful thing for the local businesses community.
"It's a great opportunity to network and get to know who your neighboring businesses are and of course we support shop locally. Someone you know," says Director of Small Business Development Center at Rhodes State College, Kathy Keller.
The event is hosted by the Lima Allen County Chamber of Commerce to allow area businesses to network on the last Friday of every month.
