Shopping Local has Many Benefits

If you have ever thought about the concept of shopping locally here are 15 reasons to consider or reconsider:

Local businesses employ local people.

Local employees pay local taxes.

Local business people usually support other local businesses.

Local employees often support other local businesses.

Local businesses support local athletic teams and other school/youth organization activities.

Local businesses provide many of the members of local service clubs, fire and ambulance volunteers.

Local businesses provide personal service to its customers.

Local businesses are us!

For the complete list of shopping local benefits check out the August Edition of Essent from Nebraska Municipal Power Pool.

Corrinne Pedersen is
manager of member development of
NMPP Energy and can be contacted
at cpedersen@nmppenergy.org or
(800) 234-2595.