"The Heart and Soul of Our Country" | National Mom & Pop Business Owners Day

National "Mom & Pop Business Owners Day" is an opportunity to celebrate the independent, often family-owned businesses, which our make communities diverse and vibrant. To participate, simply plan to visit, enjoy and acknowledge some of your coolest local spots on Tuesday, March 29th.

Should You Find Yourself Having To Close a Door....

We're a positive kind of movement, and don't dwell on sad stuff too often. However, it's inevitable that we're going to come across some difficult news about a small business closing it's doors from time to time, and so I wanted to share this with you.

It's Okay To Wait for Things (Better Decisions Matter)

I've been giving a lot of thought lately to daily choices, spending options and consumerism. Not just for me and my family, but about simple principles which *may* resonate with others as well - people who share in thinking less just might be more - and who subscribe to the theory that independent businesses are indeed a quality decision.

     

Life is NOT All About Convenience

.....if every independent business had a great big brilliantly marquee sign like this....they could tell us how long they'd been around, how much flavor they bring to their city, what their unique story has been over the years or decades they've been a part of our world....how intertwined they are with our lives.