Small Business Saturday

Shop Local, Eat Local, Spend Local, Enjoy Local!

As you create your shopping lists for the holiday season, we encourage you to support your Firestone businesses who support the area where you live, work and play. Here are 7 reasons to spend in Firestone:

1. $100 spent in locally owned businesses on average creates an additional $68 of local economic activity

2. Spend at local businesses – as it grows it hires more people

3. Local nonprofits enjoy more support from local businesses than those from outside the community

4. Local merchants are more likely to stock unique things their customers want

5. When you buy local you are supporting someone’s dream and their family

6. Local business typically deliver better service

7. Local businesses usually source more local materials and products that are closer by

 
Remember, small businesses are the heartbeat of our neighborhoods, the spine of our local economy, and the spirit of Firestone.