In our last newsletter, we talked about the 3/50 project – a national project designed to support local businesses and helping local economies. Their goal is to give local people tools to help save their small local businesses. It was created to build loyalty and increased revenue for independent, locally owned businesses. The 3/50 project relies on a simple message: “Pick 3. Spend 50. Save your local economy.” (Read more about this project at: http://www.the350project.net/ ).
- Pick three locally owned businesses you’d hate to see disappear, then return to them.
- Spend $50 per month in locally owned businesses. If half the employed U.S. population did so, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue.
- For every $100 spent in locally owned businesses, $68 returns to the local community. When spent in a big box, chain, or franchise, $43 remains. Purchases made online return nothing to the local economy (unless the online store is local).
So, it is a simple matter, find 3 favorite stores and buy something from them every month. It all adds up if everybody chips in! We hope you will make Unique Motif your favorite store. Buy something every month – refer us to your friends – ask them to sign up for our newsletter. Thank you.
Here are Unique Motif’s current pick for 3 favorite stores:
- Flour Mill (nutritional foods), 88 Commerce Dr, Hayden (behind post office)
- Sower’s Bible Bookstore (books, Bibles, music, decor), 7352 N Government Way, Dalton Gardens
- Calypsos Coffee (coffee, deli, snacks, conference room), 116 E Lakeside Ave, Coeur d’Alene
Here are 3 more:
- Mother’s Cupboard (vitamins and nutrition), 293 W Prairie Shopping Center, Hayden
- Bing Salon (hair, nails, tanning and more handbags), 277 W Prairie Shopping Center, Hayden
- Northwest Pony Express (firearms and estates), 402 W Canfield, Coeur d’Alene
Don’t forget -
UNIQUE MOTIF (home decor, gifts, handbags, flatwallets, clocks) 285 W Prairie Shopping Center, Hayden
Send us your picks for favorite stores and we will post them.
Post your business on our Greater Hayden Community Board.
Working together, we can build a strong local economy.
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Strengthening Our Local Economy
In our last newsletter, we talked about the 3/50 project – a national project designed to support local businesses and helping local economies. Their goal is to give local people tools to help save their small local businesses. It was created to build loyalty and increased revenue for independent, locally owned businesses. The 3/50 project relies on a simple message: “Pick 3. Spend 50. Save your local economy.” (Read more about this project at: http://www.the350project.net/ ).
- Pick three locally owned businesses you’d hate to see disappear, then return to them.
- Spend $50 per month in locally owned businesses. If half the employed U.S. population did so, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue.
- For every $100 spent in locally owned businesses, $68 returns to the local community. When spent in a big box, chain, or franchise, $43 remains. Purchases made online return nothing to the local economy (unless the online store is local).
So, it is a simple matter, find 3 favorite stores and buy something from them every month. It all adds up if everybody chips in! We hope you will make Unique Motif your favorite store. Buy something every month – refer us to your friends – ask them to sign up for our newsletter. Thank you.
Here are Unique Motif’s current pick for 3 favorite stores:
- Flour Mill (nutritional foods), 88 Commerce Dr, Hayden (behind post office)
- Sower’s Bible Bookstore (books, Bibles, music, decor), 7352 N Government Way, Dalton Gardens
- Calypsos Coffee (coffee, deli, snacks, conference room), 116 E Lakeside Ave, Coeur d’Alene
Here are 3 more:
- Mother’s Cupboard (vitamins and nutrition), 293 W Prairie Shopping Center, Hayden
- Bing Salon (hair, nails, tanning and more handbags), 277 W Prairie Shopping Center, Hayden
- Northwest Pony Express (firearms and estates), 402 W Canfield, Coeur d’Alene
Don’t forget -
UNIQUE MOTIF (home decor, gifts, handbags, flatwallets, clocks) 285 W Prairie Shopping Center, Hayden
Send us your picks for favorite stores and we will post them.
Post your business on our Greater Hayden Community Board.
Working together, we can build a strong local economy.
This entry was posted on Monday, August 10th, 2009 at 8:33 am and is filed under commentary, local economy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. // Both Comments and Pings are open ?> You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.