Poore kicks off ‘buy local’ campaign
January 23, 2012
By Staff reports
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Buy local. Eat local. Shop local — really local.
That was the message Monday as Charleston’s two Main Street organizations kicked off a campaign aimed at supporting locally owned businesses and keeping dollars in the local economy.
According to a news release from East End Main Street and West Side Main Street, dollars spent in local businesses go twice as far as those spent in chain stores. “A locally owned business returns approximately 80 percent of each dollar spent back to the community, while a chain store returns only 40 percent back in the form of taxes and employee wages.”
Delegate Meshea Poore, D-Kanawha, an East End Main Street board member, gave state legislators brochures listing businesses in the East End and West Side they might need while in town — like dry cleaners, restaurants, etc.
“The district has many unique and wonderful businesses that may not be known to some of my legislative colleagues and this is a great way to inform them of the places they can dine, shop and be entertained,” Poore said in a prepared statement.
