Category Archives: shop local

Small Business Saturday – Better than Black Friday and Cooler than Cyber Monday (Nov. 25th)

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Shopping Season.  Black Friday can be crazy, so be sure to put Small Business Saturday on your shopping calendar. This year, Small Business Saturday is on November 25th.  You may just find … Continue reading →

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Space Odyssey

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

This article from Bangor Daily News contains a lot of the issues of small town and downtown parking issues.  To me, it is a no brainer that business owners and their employees should not take parking spaces that could be filled by … Continue reading →

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Shop Local in Hickman County

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

This video is from another community (Merced, CA), but tells the buy local story well.

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Local Food, Found Fresh

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

Twin Forks Farms Artisan Breads in Primm Springs, Beaverdam Creek Farm in Centerville, Bountiful Blessings near Shady Grove and Turnbull Creek Organics and Drury Family Farm in Bon Aqua receive praise in “As locavores clamor for fresh food, it’s a … Continue reading →

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Shop Local!! What about economic self-interest?

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

There was a presentation at our last meeting of the Hickman County Chamber of Commerce where the speaker encouraged people to spend $20 or so more at local businesses. From the article about this presentation in the local newspaper, there … Continue reading →

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A score for the hard core localvore

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

For those interested in eating local food, there couldn’t be a better way to start than with the seed. New Hope Seed Company in Bon Aqua, Tennessee specializes in open-pollinated and heirloom vegetable seed varieties that are rare and not … Continue reading →

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Shop Local… (buy your meal here and we both can eat)

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

A Wall Street Journal article, “Local Efforts to Save Main Street Bring In Traffic“, confirms ‘buy local’ programs work — but are ‘shop local’ programs a long-term fix for a community’s small retail business? Probably not on its own. Maybe … Continue reading →

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