Shop Local

Support the local businesses  who support the area you live, work, and play.  Remember! You can shop locally even when you're shopping online!

You're supporting our local community

When you buy from local businesses, you are directly contributing to our local community. Your money goes right back into our county and helps it to thrive. 

You’re supporting local non-profits

Many local businesses support local non-profits and charities that are relevant to our area, so by shopping locally you are helping to increase the number of local donations. It goes without saying that bigger companies and chains do also support charities, but if you want to improve the community you live in your best bet is to shop from our local stores.

You're creating local jobs

By supporting local businesses, you are helping your local economy by creating more jobs. Even a small business needs enough hands to help it sell its products and services, which is why the more we support them, the more jobs will be created and the better off our local community will be.

You're creating the identity of our community

Shopping locally helps create the identity of our community. A town, suburb or city street filled with unique and vibrant shops will create a more appealing aesthetic that is not only great for the locals but for tourists, too. Just have a think about your favorite towns and suburbs, either here in Oz or overseas, and we’re sure they’re made up of unique independent stores that give them their soul and character.

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Choosing to spend locally allows money to be cycled back into your community, which means you are helping boost the local economy. This means opportunities for local businesses to give back in ways of sponsorships and community events. Investing in people in your area is an easy way for you to pay it forward to people in your community.

Shopping local also helps ensure your tax money (which is going to be spent anyway) is going back into your regional tax base. Local taxes are then used for parks, roads and community improvements which we all benefit from on a daily basis.

When you shop local, not only are you helping grow your area’s economy, but you’re helping grow the dreams of your neighbor.