ShopLocal

We live in an area of the city that is well off a main thoroughfare yet on any given day there are a number of delivery trucks (Prime, UPS, FedEx, Purolator, etc.) that drive past our home. I assume these trucks are delivering goods purchased at other than local businesses and redirecting money out of the local economy

Edmonton has almost 40,000 local businesses, which account for a large portion of our local economy. It is estimated the for every $100 spent at a local business $66.00 stays in the local economy.

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