1. KEEP DOLLARS
IN BREESE'S ECONOMY
For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $45
stays in the local economy, creating jobs and expanding
the city's tax base. For every $100 spent at a national
chain or franchise store, only $14 remains in the
community.
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6. CONSERVE YOUR TAX
DOLLARS
Small neighborhood and downtown businesses require
less public infrastructure and make more efficient use
of city services compared to sprawling big-box stores
and shopping centers, which are far more costly in terms
of road work and police services. |
2. EMBRACE WHAT MAKES
BREESE UNIQUE
Breese is a city of neighborhoods. Where we shop,
where we eat and hang out-all of it makes our
neighborhood home. Chain stores are growing more
aggressive through-out Breese and threatening to change
the unique character of our city. One -of-a-kind,
independent businesses are an integral part of what
makes Breese a great place to live. |
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7.HAVE MORE CHOICES
A marketplace of thousands of small businesses helps
to ensure more innovation and competition, and lower
prices over the long term. Independent businesses,
choosing products based on what their local customers
need and desire, not a national sales plan, guarantees a
more diverse range of product and service choices.
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3. FOSTER LOCAL JOB
CREATION
Studies show that locally owned businesses create
more jobs locally and, in some sectors, provide better
wages and benefits than national chains. Plus
employees tend to stay at locally owned jobs for longer
periods of time due to being content in their
employment. This results in lower turnover for
employers, more satisfied workers and pleasant
experiences for customers.
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8. BENEFIT FROM LOCAL
OWNERS' EXPERTISE
Local business owners and employees often posses a
level of expertise and a passion for the products they
sell that is unmatched by employees and managers of
national chains. They also tend to have a greater
interest in getting to know their customers-who are,
after all, also their neighbors. Simply put, local
owners and employees take a special pride in their
trade. |
4. HELP THE
ENVIRONMENT
Local business owners tend to set up shop downtown
and in walkable neighborhood business districts, rather
than developing on the city's fringe or in suburban
strip malls accessible only by automobile. Having
a diverse array of businesses within walking or biking
distance reduces the amount of driving Breese residents
must do to shop for goods and services. It also helps to
conserve land, limit sprawl and lessen traffic and air
pollution.
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9. PRESERVE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship fuels America's economic innovation
and prosperity, and serves as a key means for families
to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class.
Plus, the success of locally owned, independent
businesses provides real-life inspiration to our young
people, proving that they can stay in Illinois and
prosper on their own terms. |
5. NURTURE COMMUNITY
Independent businesses are owned by people who live
in this community and are committed to investing in
Breese's future. Studies have found that locally owned
businesses contribute more than twice as much of their
revenue to charitable causes as corporate chains do.
And advocates of local causes find that local business
owners are generally much more accessible than
executives of large corporations based in other states. |
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10. ENSURE BREESE
STANDS OUT FROM THE CROWD
In an increasingly homogenized world, communities
that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and
distinctive character are more likely to attract
entrepreneurs and new investment. Residents of Breese
place a high value on individuality and consider our
homegrown enterprises a source of pride. They are
also an attraction to visitors. |
