From my inbox:
Mayor Jim Ardis is encouraging the community to support small business merchants by declaring November 27th as Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday falls between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which are traditionally the busiest shopping days of the year.
“Peoria is fortunate to have a unique mix of small businesses and I would like to encourage everyone to shop locally not just during this busy holiday season, but throughout the entire year,” said Mayor Ardis.
It is important to raise awareness about the critical role small businesses play in Peoria. Small businesses have created a number of new jobs for individuals in the Peoria area and their success is tied directly to the support they receive from the community. Let’s spend a little time on the 27th visiting and supporting our local small businesses.
Well said and will do!
Please folks, get out and support your local business…..before this Council sticks it in their butt with their new revenue fees.
Well… I was planning on hitting the malls, etc.
Though I am going to try and patronize businesses that did not support the museum tax.
How will I know? Maybe I will just ask…
Oh. I almost forgot.
In reference to what Emtronics posted: my Christmas list will definately NOT include any type of liquor!
Heck, with the price of booze going up, I wonder how the Peoria Council will ever make it through another session…?
I will be….buying in Tazewell County so I am not paying the extra tax dollars to the AMAZEum
I agree—I’m trying to spend as little as possible in Peoria County so as to NOT support the museum. Having said that, I DO support locally-owned and operated businesses that sell foodstuffs that are NOT subject to the “public facilities tax”. One such store that I highly recommend is German Specialties( http://www.peoriarestaurants.com/restaurants/?restaurant=german_specialties ). Just stopped in today for their awesome smoked pork chops and some picante salami.
Other great locally-owned places selling “specilty foodstuffs” include Taj Emporium, Cedars Bakery, The Mediterranean Mart, The Peoria Bread Company, and the International food store on Main Street.