- Money Spent Here Stays Here: Seventy percent of money spent in Dauphin County on local products STAYS in Dauphin County. By comparison, only 40% of money spent on non-local products stays here and benefits our area.
- Jobs and Wages: Supporting local businesses provides support to the jobs they offer.
- Stronger Tax Base: Increasing local spending increases municipal tax revenues.
- Local Business Owners Invest in our Community: Local businesses are owned or managed by people who live and work in our communities, raising their families and investing in our communities’ futures. They support our churches, our schools, our organizations, and our quality of life.
- Better Variety: Local businesses provide a wide variety of products and services, right here in our community. Many of these are “one-of-a-kind” businesses that provide our community with its own distinct character. The more people shop here, the more products and services will be available. Farmstead Market has many unique Vendors in one location!
- Convenience Equals Savings: Shopping locally saves you time and money. A shopping trip outside of our county costs you for every mile you drive, each way, and valuable time away from your home. Pocket the savings and treat your family to a night on the town!
- Green-Friendly: Shopping locally reduces your gas consumption and pollution. Also, local stores help to sustain vibrant, walkable communities, reducing sprawl and the need for automobiles.
- Keeping Local Dollars in the Economy: Increase spending in Dauphin County would increase industry sales resulting in new jobs and a higher personal income per job.
- Local Character and Prosperity: In an increasingly homogenized world, communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character have an advantage in offering quality of life and unique experiences.
- Friends and Neighbors: Local businesses are staffed by local residents, your friends and neighbors. You get better service from people you know and who know you. And, you can catch up on “what’s new” with other customers as you shop. There is no better example than Farmstead Market. The Vendors and Management are not only business owners, they are friends.
- Non-profits receive greater support: Dauphin County non-profits organizations, on average, receive 20% of their revenue from contributions and gifts. Your support of local businesses helps to ensure that they are able to continue their corporate giving to our local non-profits. Your own charitable gifts are a means of spending locally when you keep those donations in Dauphin County.
- Community Well-Being: Vote with your pocketbook! Dauphin County matters to you, so let our businesses know that you want them to stay in our communities by shopping with them.
