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Post Carbon Institute Fellow Michael Shuman was the featured speaker at Calgary’s Community Economic Development Network (Thrive) Going Local event, where he spoke about the importance of supporting local independent businesses. The event was picked up by this article in the Calgary Sun.
From the article:
The fact is, many Calgarians are sitting up and taking notice of the reality that Cowtown isn’t the most conducive place for a small business to set up shop, given our penchant for big box buying and the frequency in which we turn a blind eye when we see an independent retailer – or an entire street of independent retailers, for that matter – struggling to stay afloat. No skin off our backs to see 17 Ave. S.W. lose store after store – it’s back to the mega mall we go.
We tell ourselves that in the end, we’re just being price-conscious consumers. And that economies of scale, offshore production and big box shopping are the keys to low prices. Aren’t they?
Not so, according to Shuman, who gave hundreds of examples of international communities now thriving in response to their support of locally owned businesses. Sure, the cost to produce those imported goods might be lower, but the money spent on transport alone is astronomical.
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