Save your local economy
I know this isn’t specifically about photography, but it certainly has an effect on our little independent store. A group of local business owners, including ours, started to distribute this little tidbit to their customers.
It’s called the 3/50 project.
3: Think about which three independently owned businesses you’d miss most if they were gone. Stop in and say hello. Pick up a little something that will make someone smile. Your contribution is what keeps those businesses around.
50: If just half the employed US population spent $50 each month in independently owned businesses, their purchases would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue.* Imagine the positive impact if 75% of the employed population did that.
68: For every $100 spent in independently owned stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online and nothing comes home.
1: The number of people it takes to start the trend…you.
Pick 3. Spend $50. Save your local economy.
Visit the350project.net
*Employment statistics courtesy US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2/6/2009; 68/43 courtesy Civic Economics study, 2008.