Local Money
Increasing local wealth and self-sufficiency are key components of sustainability.
Please watch these videos to understand how voting with your money, spending it at locally owned businesses, helps us all.
Key findings from Study of Local Economics
Every $100 spent with a local firm leaves $68 in the Chicago economy; $100 spent at a chain store leaves $43 in Chicago.
For every square foot occupied by a local firm, the local economic impact is $179, versus $105 for a chain store.
Links to Local Buying and Production initiatives
BALLE Statistics on benefits of Buying Local
Studies on Local First Campaigns
Capital District Local First
Eco Local Living Magazine
David Hess Book Localist Movements in a global economy
David Hess at MIT