Using The Navigation Below Choose Either The Delaware County Business Directory or The Chester County Buisiness DirectoryOnce You Have Chosen A Directory, You May Search For Locally Owned Businesses Featured in Their Buisiness Categories and on Site BannersWhen You Buy Local First you support locally owned businesses that are owned by your neighbors, your friends, and your families. Create jobs in your community and support your local living economy

We urge all local consumers & business owners to "Buy Local First"
 

 
 
 
 
 

 


 

Thinking Local

Buying from locally owned and independent businesses benefits the local economy

  • Think and buy local first. When you think of buying a product or service, check first to see whether there is a locally owned business that might meet your needs. From cheeseburgers to jewelry and  lawn mowers to limousines, there’s nearly always a local option.
     
  • Lend your voice and your vote to public officials who make policy that is fair to all businesses. Tell your elected officials that all businesses—big, small, local, national, or international—should compete on a level playing field in our communities.
     
  • Spread the word about Local First ! Ask your favorite locally owned business to join us. Membership in Local First will strengthen them, us,  and the community.

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
  • Locally owned businesses spend their profits locally, purchase more goods from local suppliers, and employ local residents.
     
  • When more money gets re-circulated in the community, general prosperity as well as tax revenues increase, creating a more vibrant and sustainable local economy.
     
  • Locally owned businesses tend to stick around when times get harder. A local owner doesn’t easily pack up and leave town for “better” pastures. This creates more stability in the local economy.
     
  • Because they focus primarily on local markets, locally owned businesses tend to be smaller and place a high premium on being easily accessible by local residents. This cuts down on car travel and promotes sustainable neighborhood economies while at the same time avoids high public expenses for shopping center infrastructure costs

and the entire community

  • Business owners, who live in town, take better care of the environment, participate in public life and local charities.
     
  • A wide variety of locally owned businesses contribute to a stronger local identity and cultural diversity, creating an attractive place to live and visit.
     
  • Strengthening our locally owned business community promotes authentic and meaningful relationships between employees, business owners, customers, suppliers, and neighbors. Chances are, when you buy from a locally owned business, part of your purchase will benefit your neighbors and friends.
     

Locally owned business networks are successful in many other cities, such as Boulder (CO), Fort Collins (CO), Bellingham (WA), Portland (OR), Berkeley (CA), Chicago (IL), Cambridge (MA), and many more.

For more info see Businesss Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).

SOURCE: Study commissioned by Andersonville Department Corp. partnering with Andersonville Chamber of Commerce; October 2004. Thanks to Local First Campaign of BALLE  for the use of this graph.