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This all got started in Chapel Hill, where one small bookshop got support from a large segment of the community. (Independence Day for Independent Bookstores — PaulAaron.com). But this is too important to keep it to just one store. We want to save all of America.
It's a simple idea with far-reaching consequences:
Democracy thrives in a culture of independent, local, small businesses. Democracy suffers in an environment of huge, distant, centralized businesses. Feed the lions and they will eat you. Stop feeding the lions and start feeding your neighbors instead.
Take just the first FOUR DAYS every month:
- I commit to buy at least one book from an independent bookstore.
- I remember that democracy survives in a culture of independent, small business.
- I commit to support local independent business owners, small stores and family farms.
- I commit to spend my dollars in my neighbor's shops, even if it's a little more expensive! (That way they can have money to spend in our businesses!)
- I commit to NOT BUY anything from a chain store or mass-discount online retailer unless there are no local alternatives.
- I commit to be part of a movement to support small, independent, locally-owned businesses. That's how to keep us from poverty, whether economic, ethical, or political.
- I COMMIT TO DO THIS THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF EVERY month--at least.
- I commit to tell all my friends and families to do it--and why. Stay committed. Change will happen!
What we are doing is increasing the power local business owners have, supporting our local economies, and decreasing the power huge corporations and those they support have. Its one more small thing to do. Do it consistently and it will make a difference.
What the Republicans call "pro-business" is pro-big-business, not pro-independent-business. Their "pro-business" policies are putting thousands and thousands of small businesses OUT OF BUSINESS in favor of huge, centralized business that can afford to donate millions to their campaigns.
For example:
Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, and a perfect example of big business gone wrong. Every dollar you spend at Wal-Mart is a dollar that goes to the Republican Party. Wal-Mart is one of the largest contributors to the G.O.P.--in order to create legislation that supports their destructive business practices.
- If Wal-Mart were a country, it would be the largest importer of goods from China. The goods that Wal-Mart sells can't be made in the USA, and most of the component parts can't either. Why? Because no domestic manufacturer can produce them at the costs Wal-Mart demands. Wal-Mart is responsible for domestic job losses, and those who shop there are personally contributing to it.
- Wal-Mart depends on government welfare to exist. Forget all that "success is hard work" BS. Wages are so low that many thousands of full-time Wal-Mart employees actually qualify for government assistance. For every Wal-Mart that opens, the Federal government needs $420,000 per year to pay for housing assistance and tax rebates for the low paid workers.
- Wal-Mart fights unionization ruthlessly, and has gone so far as to close stores that are trying to unionize. The months-long Southern California grocery strike was a direct result of Wal-Mart's practices.
- Wal-Mart routinely violates employment law, discrimination law, pretty much any law they can get away with breaking, as long as the litigation and fine costs less than following the law.
For more on Wal-Mart, visit http://www.democracymeansyou.com/walmart/WALMARTREPORT/
Here is our opportunity to change all that. We just need, on a regular basis, to support our neighbors' locally owned stores as much as possible. Pay the extra few dollars to keep your neighbor in business-and let them know why you shop there. It may keep you in business, too.
The movie "Grapes of Wrath" sums it all up. Go rent it from your locally owned video store. Buy the book from your local independent bookstore. Make change here, now, with your dollars.
WANT TO DO MORE?
Are you an author, poet, musician, business owner? Or want
to volunteer to help? We're going to make small business stay alive. That's
real democracy, and real America.
This started as part of a series to benefit www.BranchsBookshop.com
and small stores everywhere. July 1-4 in Chapel Hill, NC, local residents
have put together this event to help save a struggling business they love.
You can do the same in your town.
Start by listing your local bookstore or other independent business here. Tell them about our movement! If you're planning an event, include the date and a description. Make it happen in your town-and save our country one independent business at a time.
List of Local Businesses to support
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Greene County Resourced |
Greene County |
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democracymeansyou |
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Daughter Nature |
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| Keep dollars in our communities. Small businesses help keep communities together | |||
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LABWA |
LABWA |
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Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP |
100 North Charles Street |
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| Baltimore | |||
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Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP |
100 North Charles Street |
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| Baltimore | |||
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Kegan's Kandy Web Services |
P.O. Box 171 |
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| Linton | The best is simply the best! | ||
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portsmouth lumber |
2511 high st |
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| portsmouth | Portsmouth Lumber Corp. 757-397-4646 • 2511 High St, Portsmouth,VA 23707 ... 757-465-5757 • 4708 Portsmouth Blvd, Chesapeake,VA 23321 ... | ||
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| AZ |
Stalking Moon Bookstore |
5775 W Bell Rd Ste B-6 |
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| Glendale | Great selection of comics, anime, manga, collectibles and more! Friendly, personal service. | ||
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| AZ |
Reader's Oasis |
3400 E Speedway Ste 114 |
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| Tucson | My favorite bookstore! So much good stuff I always get more than I came for. Staff is helpful and friendly, plus, if they don't have what you want, they'll order it for you! | ||
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| CA |
Supple |
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| Berkeley | The finest in skin care and body pampering! Locally owned and operated! Brand new business in Berkeley, CA. Open Tues-Saturday. Personal attention and hard to find fine product lines. Treatments/facials. | ||
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| CA |
Supple |
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| Berkeley | The finest in skin care and body pampering! Locally owned and operated! Brand new business in Berkeley, CA. Open Tues-Saturday. Personal attention and hard to find fine product lines. Treatments/facials. | ||
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| CA |
Alchemy Skin Spa |
1510-C Walnut Street |
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| Berkeley | Owned by a Berkeley-native, Alchemy Skin Spa offers custom facials using luscious, synthetic-free products from local and/or women-owned businesses, quick, gentle waxing, and expert brow shaping, all in a relaxed, private setting in North Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto. | ||
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| CA |
Carlsbad Village Camera |
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| carlsbad | |||
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| CA |
Knudsen's Ice Creamery |
3323 Castro Valley Blvd |
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| Castro Valley | Great restauraunt with homemade candy and ice cream. | ||
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| CA |
Claremont Books and Prints |
128 Yale Ave, upstairs |
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| Claremont | Not that they need my plug, but Claremont Books and Prints is a great place. They might not have the latest flash, but they'll have things you never saw before, plus Mr. Goldsmid has posted a notice about the Patriot Act and its ramifications right on the outside door. How cool is that? | ||
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| CA |
Claremont Books and Prints |
128 Yale Ave, upstairs |
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| Claremont | Great used and rare books, plus there's a sign on the front door warning about the Patriot Act. How great is that? | ||
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| CA |
Nohm Candles |
2973 Harbor Blvd #723 |
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| Costa Mesa | We support organic healthy living and American Soy Farmers. Please visit Nohm Soy Candles. | ||
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| CA |
Dentistry of Del Mar San Diego Dentist |
811 Camino Del Mar |
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| Del Mar | San Diego Dentist Dr. Mark Rutley is the founder of Dentistry of Del Mar. San Diego Cosmetic Dentist. San Diego emergency dentist. | ||
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| CA |
Intervention Treatment |
28202 Cabot Rd Ste 205 |
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| Laguna Niguel | Intervention Treatment is a local California group committed to helping individuals and families who are suffering with addiction. | ||
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| CA |
Home Security Family |
28202 Cabot Rd. Ste 205 |
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| Laguna Niguel | Home Security Family is a local Southern California business that only sells and installs American home security products of the highest quality. | ||
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| CA |
Colours USA Wholesale Gifts |
13100 Kirkham Way, Suite 203 |
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| Poway | Wholesale Gifts, Products and merchandise. iPod Accessories, Kids Sleeping Bags, Christmas Snowglobes and more! | ||
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| CA |
San Diego Massage & Wellness |
1764 San Diego Avenue Ste. 100 |
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| San Diego | San Diego Massage & Wellness provides professional, therapeutic massage to relieve pain and stress. San Diego Massage therapist and professional masseuse Ally Palmer offers a variety of San Diego massages. | ||
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| CA |
North County Pet Sitting |
13232 Salmon River Road |
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| San Diego | San Diego Pet Sitting in Rancho Penasquitos, 4S Ranch, Santaluz, Fairbanks, Carmel Mountain, Scripps Ranch, Poway, Mira Mesa and Carmel Valley providing professional pet sitters, pet taxis and dog walkers. | ||
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| CA |
North County Pet Sitting |
13232 Salmon River Road |
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| San Diego | San Diego Pet Sitting in Rancho Penasquitos, 4S Ranch, Santaluz, Fairbanks, Carmel Mountain, Scripps Ranch, Poway, Mira Mesa and Carmel Valley providing professional pet sitters, pet taxis and dog walkers. | ||
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| CA |
Eye Play USA iPod Accessories |
13100 Kirkham Way Suite 203 |
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| San Diego | iPod Speaker Case | ||
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| CA |
Java N' Jazz |
00 Town Center Dr STE 103 Valencia, CA 91355 |
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| Santa Clarita | Java N' Jazz is a local coffeehouse that makes their coffee with Kyle McMullen's-- the owner and creater of the coffeehouse-- Newhall Coffee Micro Roasting Company coffee, which is brewed and sold around Santa Clarita. The coffeehouse is great, they always have some band or artist coming in to play music, and it's a warm and friendly atmosphere. With REALLY good coffee. Better than Starbucks by a MILE. | ||
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| CT |
Pancho Loco |
Rte 83 |
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| Vernon | |||
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| DC |
The DC Fragrance Center |
98 Webster Street, NE |
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| Washington | The best custom scented bath, body, and spa care products around! | ||
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| FL |
minimarket.com, Inc. |
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| Jacksonville | I'd like to invite you to my brand new web site. You get all of the tools for support your local businesses. | ||
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| FL |
Beari Best Paint Company, Inc. |
11467 S Orange Blossom Trail Suite 2 |
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| Orlando | We make our own quality paints! You can buy direct from the manufacturer! | ||
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| FL |
eco-store.com |
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| winter springs | local eco-friendly store - please support!! | ||
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| GA |
Acapella Books |
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| Atlanta | It is the best independent bookstore in town, and I fear it will be crushed under the oppressive weight of the new nearby Barnes and Ignoble. | ||
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| IN |
Greene County Indiana Visitors Center |
RR4 Box2385 |
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| Linton | The Greene County Indiana Visitors Center. | ||
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| Indiana |
GreenePC |
Sr54 and 7th St NW |
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| Linton | This place is awesome. | ||
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| MA |
Baker Books |
69 State Road |
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| Dartmouth | I've been shopping at Baker Books since they were in their little store in New Bedford. The have an AMAZING selection of books, a little cafe with really good coffee plus lots of special events that make it fun to go to. Best part is that if you can't find what you are looking for, they will order it for you, plus you'll get treated better there than by anyone in a Barnes & Noble or Border's any day! Worth the trip! | ||
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| MA |
Inclusion Expert |
68 Beacon St |
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| Somerville | Serving local Boston area business owners since 2002 | ||
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| Maryland |
Lauer's Supermarket & Bakery |
8479 Fort Smallwood Road |
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| Pasadena | |||
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| MD |
Smithsburg Market |
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| Smithsburg | Great little food store and bakery. Best lunch in town. | ||
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| MI |
The Health Hutt |
Washington St. |
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| Grand Haven | the health hutt has 3 small stores in our area of west michigan (north muskegon, muskegon, and grand haven), and they are awesome and deserving of support! organic produce, rice, beans, and all kinds of juices, cereals, tofu, tempeh, everything. they are awesome! | ||
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| MI |
Dorothy Bells Gift Shop |
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| Kewadin | Wholesale Supplier 1000's Of Home and Garden Decor - Gifts and Collectibles - All At Wholesale, Quality Gifts and General Merchandise | ||
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| MS |
Dollar General |
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| Poplarrville | I am an American, I love American and I will fight to save America at any cost. | ||
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| NC |
Internationalist Books & Community Center |
405 W Franklin Street |
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| Chapel Hill | A great local resource! | ||
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| NC |
Branches Books |
243 South Elliott rd. |
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| Chapel Hill | Thanks for your support! | ||
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| NC |
Sky To Sea Pet Shop |
340 Valley Ave (New Highway 64 East) |
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| Lexington | Offers excellent service, birds, fish from Freshwater to Saltwater, small animals and reptiles. Very helpful and is willing to go that extra mile for the customers! | ||
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| NC |
Renfrow's Hardware Store |
E. Main Street |
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| NC |
B & B Office Products, Inc. |
534 Cedar Point Blvd. |
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| New York |
Labyrinth Books |
112th and Broadway |
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| New York | My favorite bookstore. | ||
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| NJ |
KDH Roofing Contractors |
21 Christian Lane |
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| Cherry Hill | KDH Roofing Contractors cover the South Jersey Area. Over 30 years experience! Free Estimates. Visit http://www.kdhroofing.com | ||
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| NJ |
Ashley Turkey Farm |
25 Hillside Avenue |
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| Flanders | Produce, turkey, great cider donuts! | ||
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| NJ |
Netcong Hardware |
127 Rt 183 |
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| Stanhope | Great friendly neighborhood hardware store. Lets try to keep him in business especially since the Lowes/Home Depots have moved in close by! | ||
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| NJ |
Womraths Bookstore |
12 Washington Street |
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| Tenafly | This independently owned bookstore has been in business for over 40 years and still adheres to the business ideal that the customer is always right. | ||
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| NV |
Sundance Books |
1155 West Fourth St. |
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| Reno | Excellent established local bookstore. Wide selection & gets special orders quickly. Supports our community. | ||
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| NY |
Time Machine Comics |
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| NY |
The Open Book |
Main Street |
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| Westhampton Beach | A small shop, but with a bright, interested, and accomodating owner who can get you anything you desire. She hosts book events, author lectures and is very involved with the community. She is a renter in a high priced community, and deserves frequent patronage for all of her good services as well as her consistant good humor. | ||
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| NY |
Bike 'n Kite |
112 Potunk Lane |
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| Westhampton Beach | A fun place to rent bikes (or buy - especially great end of season deals); to get equipment for your bicycle; to find all kinds of kites to take down to the beach; the Birks - Louise, Norm and Bart are 3 of the most welcoming shop owners you'll ever meet. Need your bike tuned up? Need a beach chair? Need a fun float for the pool? They've got it all. Once you've been to Bike 'n Kite, you'll be family and they'll treat you like long lost cousins each season you return to them! | ||
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| OH |
West Hill Hardware |
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| Akron | You can still buy 2 screws if that's all you need, and they'll help you pick out the right stuff. | ||
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| OH |
A A Sound and Lighting Inc. |
36 North Van Buren |
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| Barberton | |||
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| OH |
A A Sound and Lighting Inc. |
36 North Van Buren |
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| OH |
Midwest Home Decor |
PO Box 962 |
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| Milford | Owned and operated as a home-based business, our guarantee is customer satisfaction or your money back - no questions asked. We only do business on-line or through catalog/mail order, but offer over 3000 household products. | ||
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| OH |
K and S Greenhouse |
4391 Cottage Grove Road |
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| Uniontown | Family business. Dedicated to quality in all their plants and customer care. They hire local help and pay above wage scale for this type of work. They respect their employees and their customers. Konrad and Sadie (along with their friendly staff ) obviously enjoy their work and strive to help the customer create beautiful and functional gardens and displays. Their farm is worth the trip just for the scenic driveway and beautiful blue skies with flowering plants everywhere! I have been buying from them for years (they've been open since 1982) and I highly respect these folks. (so much so that I worked there this spring season!) Years of my vegetable and flower gardens have started from their plants. Also, if they by chance do not have what you want, they tell you where to find it. Good people who deserve to continue their business. | ||
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| OR |
Bookwagon Books |
1652 Ashland St. |
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| Ashland | Not as large as our better-known independent book seller downtown, but they can order virtually anything in print and offer discounts off suggested list price on in-store or special order books. They're a well run local business worthy of our support. | ||
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| OR |
Bloomsbury Books |
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| PA |
LapWolf Dog Training |
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| Cranberry Township | Educate your best friend with a local qualified professional trainer -- just say NO to big box pet stores, the low wages they pay, and the quality they deliver. Remember -- you get what they pay for! | ||
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| PA |
Support Local Small Business |
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| Exton | Show your support for your neighborhood farm, shopkeeper, service provider, etc. | ||
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| PA |
New Visions Books and Gifts |
570 N Belvidere Ave |
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| York | Locally owned and operated since 1987. Moving soon to 915 Roosevelt Ave in York. | ||
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| TX |
The Omelettry |
4811 Burnet Rd. |
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| Austin | This is a great little mom and pop diner-type breakfast restaurant in Austin, Tx that has been in business for 27 years. It's one of the few places where one can experience "old" Austin as it used to be before all the big box chains came to town. Check it out! | ||
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| TX |
Body Renewed |
13302 Grant Rd, |
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| Cypress | This is a wonderful, holistic massage therapy small business that I go to. It is owned and run by a very dedicated and talented massage therapist who is interested in "whole" health for body and spirit... Very personal attention and lots of information on how to heal through both standard and alternative treatments...Give her a call! | ||
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| TX |
Brazos Bookstore |
2421 Bissonnet |
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| Houston | Excellent independent bookstore. | ||
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| TX |
Hill Country Grill |
100 West Hopkins St |
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| San Marcos | |||
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| VA |
Bean There Cafe |
733 Eden Way N. Suite 412 |
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| Chesapeake | We're a locally owned coffee shop, right across the street from a Starbucks. Needless to say, it's tough, but we're beginning to make a name for ourselves :) | ||
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| Virginia |
Dog Training by Bob Maida |
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| Northern Virginia | Dog Training,Puppy Training,Dog Problem Solving at home or boarding school. Recommended by Veterinarians and various animal professionals. | ||
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| VT |
Porter House of Fine Crafts |
4961 main st |
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| Manchester Ctr. | Small hard to find unique vermont crafts, gifts, jewelry and home decor. Featuring many local vermont artists - family run | ||
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| VT |
Stowe Craft Gallery & Design Center |
55 Mountain Road |
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| Stowe | Stowe Vermont craft gallery, store and design center full of fine and custom handcrafts, unique gifts, and craft information | ||
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| WA |
Universol Aromas |
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| Edmonds | Wonderful Soy wax candles, made with materials that support U.S. farmers, the U.S. economy and several Pacific Northwest small businesses!!! | ||
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| WA |
Cafe Darclee |
100 4th Ave N, Suite 165 |
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| Seattle | Fantastic little crepe restaurant and coffee house. | ||
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Dan |
Cherry Hill |
NJ |
http://www.kdhroofing.com |
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carlos |
poplarville |
MS |
buy America not china |
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Bob |
Northern Virginia |
VA |
Suopport small businesses. They are the backbone of our nation. |
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Kristy |
San Diego |
CA |
Save our San Diego Dentist! |
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Ally |
Chula Vista |
CA |
San Diego Massage |
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Max |
Mountain Lakes |
NJ |
We must support the independent bookstore. I see what's happening to my beloved Manhattan, with one independent after the other closing their doors. We must support democracy and the family bookstore. |
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Erin |
Orlando |
FL |
My father owns a paint manufacturing business, and we are the only small paint store in the Orlando area! |
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Martin |
Baltimore |
MD |
All bookshops need our help! |
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Martin |
Baltimore |
MD |
All bookshops need our help! |
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jo |
Kewadin |
MI |
Great Idea |
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Kegan |
Linton |
IN |
I love what your doing. |
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OH |
LABWA |
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john |
portsmouth |
VA |
support local small/independant business owners |
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Bill |
Linton |
IN |
www.GcIndiana.info Greene County Resources is "THE" most widley use & most comprehensive website for Greene County Indiana |
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Ann |
Manchester |
VT |
hi - im glad i found this site - you know i am a small business owner and can't compete with competition undercutting my prices due to offering less then decent merchandise |
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Robert |
Shively |
KY |
If its good enough for Richard Stallman, its good enough for me!!! |
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Kim |
Arlington |
VA |
This is the shop of my good friend and her daughter. It is really wonderful! |
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Jeff |
Exton |
PA |
Visit www.supportlocalsmallbusiness.com It is still a work in progress but it will exist as a means to showcase local business (in my region first and then expend to other areas) and discuss the value in supporting your local farms, shopkeepers, service providers and the consequences of not doing so. Thanks! |
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Scott |
Grand Haven |
MI |
fuck yeah, support local business! give thanks to those who treat you as a person, and not a number! |
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Roxanna |
Lexington |
NC |
I do not like shopping at the big box stores such as Wal-Mart. I support my local small buisness!!! |
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Melissa |
Claremont |
CA |
Claremont has way too many potpourri shops, buit also some great local businesses. I'm proud to support them and proud to live here. |
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Melissa |
Claremont |
CA |
There are a lot of potpourri shops in Claremont, but there are some excellent local businesses, too. I'm proud to live here and proud to support them. |
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Charles |
Lanoka Harbor |
I live in New Jersey where we still have a lot of family owned restaurants and fear having no choice but to eat at a chain store. |
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Berhane |
I wish I am live in such a wondre full democratic countery I wont to know abut democracy |
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Kegan |
Linton |
IN |
Good thing you are doing |
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Laura |
Mexico |
America is not USA, America means Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Peu, Guayanas, Belice, Honduras, Mexico, El salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica, Paraguay, and a lot of more countries... I want to save America, not just USA. |
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Victoria |
Hagerstown |
MD |
I hate Walmart!! |
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Lawrence |
Stroudsburg |
PA |
I work at Wal-Mart, Get paid by Wal-Mart, and most of all, hate Wal-Mart. I don't shop there, I tell everyone to stay away from Wal-Mart, when someone walks in and can't find something, I send them to one of the local small businesses. This is how I support my community. I can't find a job around this place that pays high enough to support my living expenses, mainly because the 80 huge retailers like T.J.Max, K-Mart, Ames, Home Depot, And of course, Wal-Mart takes business away from the small businesses around my community! I hate it, and Wal-Mart is the only way to make money in my town. Someone if not everyone, Petition Wal-Mart Practices!!!!!! "I hate products and services, but I love creations and ideas. -Lawrence R. Wright" |
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Alison |
Atlanta |
I already get most of my books and CDs at local independent stores. I am forced to shop at chain groceries, as there are no alternatives, save the Farmer's Market, which is too far to drive to every week. But I do go about once a month, and I do try my best to patronize fewer chain stores. P.S. Target, the "bohemian liberal alternative to Spraw-Mart," also gives most of its money to the neo-cons. Yup. |
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Kate |
Westport |
MA |
I NEVER shop at wal-mart. I wont' even set foot in one if I can avoid it, and go out of my way to not shop at any Big Box stores when I have another option. |
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Lauren Jill |
Chapel Hill |
NC |
Buy from locally owned businesses whenever you can. |
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Will |
Akron |
OH |
I own a sound and Lighting company and might have to move my business to Vegas due to the fact I cannot survive winters in Ohio |
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Will |
Akron |
OH |
I own a small business and might have to move my business to Vegas due to the fact I cannot survive winter in Ohio |
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Cathy |
Akron |
OH |
This is actually my EVERYDAY practice. |
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Deborah |
Norwood |
NJ |
I do this all of the time. I go out of my way to find independent stores whereever I am and I always buy something from any independent bookstore I find. |
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Anne F. |
Ashland |
OR |
I already support local business and NGOs rather than those in big cities or parts of national chains. |
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Brian |
Ashland |
OR |
This is a great idea! I alreday patronize local shops as much as possible and avoid, like the plague, Wal-Mart and their kind. |
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Leigh |
Santa Clarita |
CA |
This is a great idea, and I'll try my hardest to keep committed to it! |
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Milana |
Ithaca |
NY |
Thanks |
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Claire |
Glendale |
AZ |
And if you're in Glendale, Az, please feel free to visit and shop at, Stalking Moon Bookstore, Comics, Collectibles, Anime and more... my husband's store:-) |
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Patti |
Cypress |
TX |
What an awesome idea! I already boycott WalMart EVERY day and have asked others to do the same. I need and want to patronize my neighbor's business much more often and will do so....I have my own psychotherapy practice, and fully understand the need to support other small businesses in our communities. |
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Barbara |
Sparks |
NV |
I already do this but I can use this reminder. Great idea. |
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Dorina |
Flanders |
NJ |
just wanted to add another one! |
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Dorina |
Flanders |
NJ |
I try to do this normally. |
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Dottie |
Akron |
OH |
Hey--I do this stuff all year long. |
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Carole |
King of Prussia |
PA |
Another black eye for Walmart, as if we need any more reasons to boy | |