Local Businesses are extremely important to the health of our Town
Local Business's
We only post business that
are located in Midland Park,
or from residents of Midland Park that have business in other towns
Support Local Businesses...
Keeping it at home helps our community
Keeping it at home is one of the goals of the Midland Park
online helping local business.
This is especially important because when people shop locally, tax
revenues stay at home and
benefit the local community with schools, police, fire, and other services.
The motto: Keep it here. Keep it home. Keep it ours. Shop Midland Park First.
Midland Park online believes that a healthy community begins with a healthy economy. In an economic downturn, local independent businesses are often the first to feel the negative financial affects.
Local Businesses are extremely important
to the health of our Town
When your school or organization
need to raise funds
one of the 1st people you ask is local business!!!!
So support them, to help them support you!!
It's time to consider the real costs to a community that loses its local business base. Independent local businesses employs a wide array of supporting services. They hire architects, designers, cabinet shops, sign makers and contractors for construction . Opportunities grow for local accountants, insurance brokers, computer consultants, attorneys, advertising agencies and others to help run it. Local retailers and distributors also carry a higher percentage of locally-made goods than the chains, creating more jobs for local producers.
When asked to name our favorite restaurant, cafe, or shop, we almost always cite a unique local business (look at the results in any "Best of" polls as proof). We embrace the idea of distinctive businesses with local character, but often forget their survival depends on our patronage. It is easy for us to get so consumed by efficiency that we forget how much of our lives we spend eating out, shopping, and doing other business. We owe it to ourselves to consider the quality of our experience, and ask if we benefit when we choose a community-based business.
Local owners with much of their life savings invested in their businesses have a natural interest in the long-term health of the community. Community-based businesses are essential to charitable endeavors, frequently serving on local boards, and supporting a variety of causes. Yes, there are some corporate chains that give back to towns in which they do business, but anyone who raises funds for local non-profits will tell you that independents are their base of support. Local businesses play a vital role in our community that corporate chains rarely do, while chains often even undermine community interests.
For long-term progress, a conceptual change also is necessary. We need to
consciously plan that future with rules that will encourage the values we want
reflected in our communities. And each time we spend a dollar, we would do well
to weigh the full value of our choices, not solely to ourselves immediately, but
for the future we want in our own hometowns
Every dollar that is spent in Midland Park helps merchants to prosper, provide jobs, pay taxes and give support to local charitable organizations. Small businesses like ours in Midland Park drive the region's economy. Buying locally and patronizing local businesses keeps the region strong and growing.