"Buy Local - Shop Alexander County First" Campaign
Citizens for the Future of Alexander County (CFAC) announces its
first economic growth initiative for Alexander County. CFAC is
launching a “Buy Local - Shop Alexander County First" campaign to
create awareness to shop local businesses first before exiting the
county to purchase goods and services. The campaign helps keep
retail sales dollars and sales tax revenue dollars in the county to
support our schools and vital county services.
Working in
conjunction with the Alexander County Economic Development
Corporation, CFAC kicked
off the campaign with a flier inside the
property tax bills that were mailed out in August. "Love
Alexander
County-Buy Local" fliers and posters will also be
displayed at local businesses in the near future. The campaign is
designed to prompt citizens to think about such questions as: "Are
you driving your tax
dollars to surrounding counties?" and "How much
did you spend outside of Alexander County today?",
and to
raise awareness
that "When you shop in other counties our tax dollars fund
their
budgets, their schools,
their emergency services and their
residents—NOT OURS!"
