Top 5 Reasons to Shop Small Businesses ~ National Business Week Edition

Choosing Downtown during National Small Business Week  is the best investment 

Top 5 Reasons to Shop Small, Local Businesses

  1. You have purchasing power. No matter how much or little you plan on spending during National Small Business Week, you can make a big difference. 
  2. When you shop small and support local businesses, you are choosing unique and well-crafted products that in large part aren’t available with the click of a button. 
  3. You’re choosing to support the small business owners and employees, many of whom are your friends, your neighbors, and members of your community
  4. Choosing to shop at our small businesses also means your hard-earned dollars will benefit this community. According to the Retail Merchants Association, for every $1 spent at a local business, $0.45 is reinvested in the local economy compared to only $0.15 from a purchase made at a large box store.
  5. A special experience. Our small business owners and their employees are well versed in the products they sell and the services they offer. The expertise and passion they exhibit translate to helping you find exactly what you need.

If you visited Downtown Ithaca recently, you likely found it impossible to deny the unique character of our community. In the absence of chain restaurants and nationally-known department stores, you’ll find one-of-a-kind shops and eateries that don’t exist anywhere else in America. There’s the innovative micro shops, eateries, and taproom in Press Bay, a variety of specialty shops and dining in the historic Dewitt Mall, a plethora of eateries on Aurora Street (locally known as Restaurant Row), quaint shops, and quick eats on West State Street. additional specialty shops and eateries on Cayuga Street; and, of course, the Ithaca Commons pedestrian mall with all its one-of-a-kind indie shops, boutiques, and restaurants. Local entrepreneurs and artists own these boutiques and restaurants and invest in this community.

So, as part of National Small Business Week, make it your mission to shop small, support local, and invest in our businesses that have invested in you so that we can all say that we played a part in sustaining Downtown Ithaca.