Hoopeston Chamber of Commerce

Keeping a Good Thing Growing




    Promoting the interests of Hoopeston Illinois since 1919
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January - February 2007
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Why Shop Hoopeston First?

Local shops boost the local economy, provide quality service,
keep necessary services at an arms length,
and allow dollars to continue to re-circulate locally.  

Here are just 10 of the many reasons to “Shop Hoopeston First”:
  1. You help to protect Hoopeston’s character and prosperity.
  2. Most new jobs are provided by the expansion of local businesses.
  3. More money re-circulates in Hoopeston when purchases are made at locally owned businesses.
  4. Customer service is better.
  5. Local business owners invest in the community and care about the community’s well being.
  6. Encourages further investment in Hoopeston.
  7. Competition between many small local businesses encourages innovation and leads to more choices.
  8. Local ownership means that important decisions are made by those that live and work in the community.
  9. Non-profit community organizations receive greater support from local businesses.
  10. The community is healthier and more attractive to new business prospects.
Local businesses contribute to the community’s unique character. The loss of those businesses is not only detrimental to the economy but also to the character of the community.  A community that leaks economic value is unsustainable.  One way to make a local economy healthier is to plug the leakage of dollars and other resources from the community and keep them circulating locally.  If money stays in the community its benefit increases every time it is spent.   

Before heading for out-of-town establishments ask yourself these questions: “Can I get this locally instead?” “Where do I spend my money – is it with local businesses?”  “How healthy is the Hoopeston economy and what is my role in helping to improve the economy?”