Carefully planned predatory pricing practices have allowed national chains to establish virtual monopolies as they drive local competition out of business. And then they raise their prices.

-www.LocalFirstAZ.com

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Independent businesses provide meaningful service with a personal touch. It matters to them that you are satisfied and will come back again.

-www.LocalFirstAZ.com

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Independent businesses are unique enterprises that contribute to the character of our community by offering a more diverse selections of goods and services.

-www.LocalFirstAZ.com

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Blighted empty shopping areas are created in your community when chain stores re-locate to a more lucrative shopping center, or leave altogether. Literally hundreds of big stores are abandoned each year across the United States.

-www.LocalFirstAZ.com

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Millions of dollars of tax revenue subsidies handed to chains by financially-starved local governments drain even more tax revenue from our community and state.  

-www.LocalFirstAZ.com

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Independent businesses raise the standard of living in your community because they take their profits and buy products and services from other local businesses, thus creating more and more tax revenues needed for the community to thrive.

-www.LocalFirstAZ.com

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When you shop locally-owned businesses, your money is re-circulated over and over and creates up to 75% more tax revenue to our community and state.

-www.LocalFirstAZ.com

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For every two jobs national retailers bring to a community, three jobs are lost as a result of local businesses closing down.

-www.LocalFirstAZ.com

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Local First Arizona (www.localfirstaz.com), who used to be known as Arizona Chain Reaction, is an organization that advocates for the support of local businesses. As they state on their website, “You have a choice of where to spend your hard-earned dollars, and we want to encourage you to “put your money where your house is.” When you shop at a locally owned business, 45 cents of every dollar stays in state – versus only 13 cents of every dollar spent at a national chain”.

We are incredibly happy to be a part of such an organization. Phoenix is a great city, and some have commented that is ‘New York in the 1940’s’, meaning the city has outstanding potential. In turn, we would like to thank Local First AZ for allowing us to be a member.

More to come on the subject of local business…….

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