Shop local this holiday season

Most of us of us have seen the deluge of national commercials advertising “door buster sales,” and heard catchy slogans designed to lure shoppers to buy, buy, buy. It’s holiday shopping season, and the multi-million dollar companies are all competing for the money in our pockets.

But there’s another campaign going on, and this one isn’t quite as flashy, there are no bright lights, electronic billboards or jingles, but it proposes an opportunity that has the potential to deliver a positive punch into the local economy.