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With the holiday’s coming up, this is a perfect time to remember to shop local and keep your money in Redondo Beach. By shopping local you are supporting our great community and contributing to the great city services we have in Redondo Beach. Shopping local strengthens the economic environment of our community by re-investing sales tax dollars back into our city, contributing to the fund for city-provided services like police, fire, libraries, street lights, and much more. It also helps create local jobs and allows local businesses to nurture our community through donations and sponsorships. A Business can only do good if it does well. Businesses will thrive if consumers spend locally. The Chamber would like to remind our members that they are local consumers too. We encourage our members that if possible, try shifting some business purchases to neighboring businesses. A little from everyone will go a long way. The Chamber has been involved in many efforts to bring outside money into Redondo Beach with the revitalization of our commercial corridors. That being said, we need to first make sure our local community is investing in the businesses that call Redondo Beach home. This helps attract top notch shops and businesses. The Chamber encourages involvement of all local businesses - Chamber membership is not required. The Shop Local campaign is intended to reinforce the Chamber's motto, "Supporting Business and Building a Strong Local Economy." Remember, when you shop in Torrance you are paying for their police! When you shop in Manhattan Beach you are paying to repair their potholes! The best way to ensure we have great city services is to spend your money in Redondo Beach. With every holiday season comes the massive holiday shopping spree. The Winter Holiday is always marked by more trips to the mall or more clicks on online stores. As we all look at our upcoming purchases and budgets and weigh them against the current economic environment, it is important that we understand how the choices we make about where we spend our dollars affects our daily lives. When you patronize businesses in Redondo Beach, you increase city revenues in the form of taxes, which helps pay for many of our city services. Some of these services that are paid for, in part, by local sales taxes are the fire department, the police department, street maintenance, and the libraries. In addition, the more local sales taxes collected by our local businesses help keep local taxes and fees lower. So in an indirect way, when you buy goods and services from Redondo Beach businesses, you are essentially supporting all the city services we all have come to expect. To find a list of local businesses that offer a variety of goods and services, feel free to visit the Chamber’s business directory at RedondoChamber.org.
With the holiday’s coming up, this is a perfect time to remember to shop local and keep your money in Redondo Beach. By shopping local you are supporting our great community and contributing to the great city services we have in Redondo Beach. Shopping local strengthens the economic environment of our community by re-investing sales tax dollars back into our city, contributing to the fund for city-provided services like police, fire, libraries, street lights, and much more. It also helps create local jobs and allows local businesses to nurture our community through donations and sponsorships. A Business can only do good if it does well. Businesses will thrive if consumers spend locally. The Chamber would like to remind our members that they are local consumers too. We encourage our members that if possible, try shifting some business purchases to neighboring businesses. A little from everyone will go a long way.
The Chamber has been involved in many efforts to bring outside money into Redondo Beach with the revitalization of our commercial corridors. That being said, we need to first make sure our local community is investing in the businesses that call Redondo Beach home. This helps attract top notch shops and businesses.
The Chamber encourages involvement of all local businesses - Chamber membership is not required. The Shop Local campaign is intended to reinforce the Chamber's motto, "Supporting Business and Building a Strong Local Economy."
Remember, when you shop in Torrance you are paying for their police! When you shop in Manhattan Beach you are paying to repair their potholes! The best way to ensure we have great city services is to spend your money in Redondo Beach.
With every holiday season comes the massive holiday shopping spree. The Winter Holiday is always marked by more trips to the mall or more clicks on online stores. As we all look at our upcoming purchases and budgets and weigh them against the current economic environment, it is important that we understand how the choices we make about where we spend our dollars affects our daily lives.
When you patronize businesses in Redondo Beach, you increase city revenues in the form of taxes, which helps pay for many of our city services. Some of these services that are paid for, in part, by local sales taxes are the fire department, the police department, street maintenance, and the libraries. In addition, the more local sales taxes collected by our local businesses help keep local taxes and fees lower. So in an indirect way, when you buy goods and services from Redondo Beach businesses, you are essentially supporting all the city services we all have come to expect.
To find a list of local businesses that offer a variety of goods and services, feel free to visit the Chamber’s business directory at RedondoChamber.org.