Shop Local 365 Campaign Press Conference

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The Shop Local committee will hold a press conference on Tuesday, September 25 at 10 a.m. at the Sunbeam Building located at 923 N. Sheridan Rd. in Peoria to launch their regional “Shop Local 365” campaign which encourages each community in Central Illinois to build a vibrant and more sustainable region by shopping local 365 days a year. This campaign is the culmination of recent shop local efforts by community leaders from Peoria, East Peoria, Washington, Pekin, and Morton, and stresses the importance of shopping locally versus online by showing the direct impact local tax dollars have on city and county services.

This press conference will include presentations from representatives of the individual communities, as well as local business owners who are directly impacted when the public shops local.

“Shopping local has lots of positive effects. When you spend your dollars at a local store, you are being served by a neighbor who is getting a wage that they in turn can spend in the area. You are helping a local business owner turn a profit so he or she can hire more people or reinvest in their company. When you shop online, 100% of your money leaves the community,” said Chris Setti, CEO of the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council.

The Shop Local 365 committee is comprised of representatives from Peoria County, the City of Peoria, the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council, the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, the East Peoria Chamber of Commerce, the Pekin Chamber of Commerce, the Washington Chamber of Commerce, the Morton Chamber of Commerce, and the Havana Chamber of Commerce.

The public is invited to attend this event. For more information, please contact Haley Tenney at (309)495-5983 or by email at htenney@peoriachamber.org.