Shop Local Chicago!
Shop local this holiday season and support the small businesses who need your dollars most.
Lettering Works has put together a collection of sharable graphics to promote shopping local and spreading the word on favorite small businesses in Chicago.
If you have the funds to support small, local businesses, it is important that you make an effort to do so. While larger chain stores or Amazon might have impressive sales, free shipping, and other ways of enticing you to spend your dollars with them, your money can have a greater and more meaningful impact when invested into smaller shops. This is especially true when these small businesses are in your local community because it keeps your dollars local. Small businesses owners contribute so much creativity and diversity to communities and are often the first to step up to meet community needs.
Four Reasons to Shop Shop Small + Local This Holiday Season (and always):
Community wellness
Shopping locally promotes a healthy and vibrant community. Small businesses help sustain communities through their presence and contributions to local causes. They add character and uniqueness to the communities they are in as well. And support valuable public services through sales tax.
Local economic benefits
Keeping your dollars in your local community means more money is available to support local jobs and fund local services. Small business owners typically spend much of their income locally as well, ensuring that the neighborhoods they are in are thriving and continuously developing alongside their business. These small businesses often provide some of the highest quality jobs to other community members.
It’s Good for the Environment
Small businesses promote walkability in cities and town centers which can promote decreased use of cars in addition to requiring less transportation and packaging materials overall for delivering the goods and services sold. With physical shopping more limited this year, there are often options for local pickup, saving on shipping costs too.
Support creativity + Entrepreneurship
Small businesses provide truly unique offerings and also promote economic innovation, which helps communities grow and thrive. Many small business owners pour their hearts and souls into providing truly creative and innovative offerings that add to their communities as a whole in addition to the lives of individuals that purchase from them.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Chelsie Tamms is an award-winning lettering artist and designer based out of Chicago. She is the owner of Lettering Works, a branding studio that connects businesses to their audience through creativity and strategy. With over 10 years of practice of lettering and design, Chelsie is passionate about craft and intention. When she’s not designing, she can be found eating ice cream, traveling internationally, or starting a new passion project.
