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Shop Locally This Holiday Season

Nov 27

Written by: Todd Tranum
11/27/2011 10:30 PM  RssIcon

Among our many assets in Chautauqua County, we are fortunate to have a wide variety of small businesses including retailers.  In combination with our large department stores, these small retail shops provide many options for holiday shopping right here in our own communities.  From boutique-style shops, consumers can find specialty goods including household items, clothing, artisan and handcrafted jewelry, and much more.
When we support locally-owned businesses, we are truly supporting our local economy.  Your shopping dollars go back into the pockets of entrepreneurial store owners and their employees, who then, in turn, support other local restaurants and service providers.
This holiday season, we are urging everyone to shop locally to boost our own Chautauqua County economy.  While there is a national movement to buy American made products, our Shoptauqua initiative takes it one step further.
Helping to drive foot traffic into local businesses is one of the five focal points of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce.  In order to support this effort, the Chamber offers Shop Chautauqua County Gift Checks, which can be used just like cash at more than 80 restaurants, retailers, and service providers right here in our county.  Gift Checks are available only through the Chamber, in denominations of $10, $15, and $25.
In addition, in celebration of our gift check sales totaling more than $1-million, we are currently offering Shop Chautauqua County Gift Checks as a sweepstakes prize on our Facebook page.  When you “like” us on Facebook, you and a friend have a chance to win gift checks. 
The Chamber also helps to drive foot traffic into local businesses by providing an online business directory to help consumers find what they are looking for, providing member-to-member discounts to support Chamber members, and offering marketing opportunities to members to encourage support of local companies. 
Consumers have many choices to make in today’s economy.  One of the easiest decisions is to keep your holiday spending local.  For more information about Chamber Gift Checks, call our offices at 366-6200 or 484-1101.  Shoptauqua this holiday season to support local businesses!

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