When Rep. Kathy Hochul stopped into Adam Miller Toy and Bicycles this afternoon, a constituent asked her what could be done to create more jobs. "Shop in local stores so they can expand and hire more people," Hochul said.
That was the theme of Hochul's visit to Batavia and Le Roy on Saturday.
While Saturday was dubbed as a "shop local" day by a group of national conglomerates, Hochul said it didn't really matter who was behind the push. The important thing was that this holiday season it's important for consumers to remember to spend at least some of their gift-giving dollars in locally owned stores, which provides more benefit to local communities than big box retailers.
Hochul stopped in at Adam Miller, Charles Men's Shop and the Enchanted Florist in Batavia, and then went out to Le Roy where she did some Christmas shopping at Vintage and Vogue and then visted the Jello Museum, where she also found a couple of gifts.
We shopped local Saturday. I
We shopped local Saturday. I know it wasn't a big deal here in Batavia, but was in other major cities as well as online.
One thing I did notice was that since we got a late start most shops that we had wanted to visit were closed by 3 p.m. I know that we the consumer have been conditioned to expect 24 hour service or close to it but we would have kept shopping until five if only stores were open.
It would be interesting to
It would be interesting to learn how many readers made at least ONE local purchase on Saturday.
I got some shopping done. Plan to do more local shopping on Monday.
We participated in Small
We participated in Small Business Saturday and bought from Molasses Hill Foods, Lamberts Jewelers, Olivers, and Barretts Marine.
Does my daily cup of coffee
Does my daily cup of coffee at Tim Horton's count?