Cultivating people with a love for local business!

You may be asking why we felt the need to create this "Buy Local" resource for the residents and business owners in Garden City area. A recent nationwide study shows that local ownership truly matters. This analysis shows a positive relationship between locally owned small to medium-sized businesses and increasing community wealth. On the other hand, larger firms, especially when they are not locally owned have a negative link to local community wealth.

On a dollar-for-dollar basis, the local economic impact of independently owned businesses is significantly greater than that of national chains. Every $100 spent at locally owned businesses contributes an about $58 to the local economy. By comparison, $100 spent at a representative national chain store, yields just $33 in local economic impact.

Think LOCAL first!