Local Entrepreneurship

Local Entrepreneurship
No all purchases are equal. Locally owned businesses are more likely to source locally, and more like to invest profits locally. In fact, studies of shown that for every $100 spent, local business give back $68 to the locally economy, as opposed to chain stores that only give back $43. Sustainablity must be built on plugging the holes in our economy and keeping dollars local. A sustainable economy must be built on the backbone of local entrepreneurship.
What we are doing to promote local entrepreneurship in Clinton County
Buy Local First Clinton County
To promote local entrepreneurship, ECC has partnered with the Clinton County Regional Planning Commission to provide leadership and capacity to the Buy Local First Clinton County campaign to raise awareness about the economic value of local entrepreneurship, while encouraging local business owners to increase coordination and to adopt innovative approaches to increasing business. ECC has also developed the Buy Local First website site, providing new a avenues through which local businesses can reach and attract customers.

Not all purchases are equal. Locally owned businesses are more likely to source locally, and more like to invest profits locally. In fact, studies of shown that for every $100 spent, local businesses give back $68 to the locally economy, as opposed to chain stores that only give back $43. Sustainablity must be built on plugging the holes in our economy and keeping dollars local. Local entrepreneurship is the backbone of a sustinable economy.

What we are doing to promote local entrepreneurship in Clinton County:

Buy Local First Clinton County

To promote local entrepreneurship, ECC has partnered with the Clinton County Regional Planning Commission to provide leadership and capacity to the Buy Local First Clinton County campaign to raise awareness about the economic value of local entrepreneurship, while encouraging local business owners to increase coordination and to adopt innovative approaches to increasing business. ECC has developed the Buy Local First website site and on-line directory, providing new a avenues through which local businesses can reach and attract customers. ECC also provides recruiting capacity to build the Buy Local First network of businesses, and manages the campaign’s external marketing and communications.