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<body bgcolor="white" link="#006600" vlink="#006600" alink="#006600"> <base target="_self"> <center> <h1><font face="arial" size="5" color="#996600">Kingston - Buy Locally owned businesses!</font></h1> <img src="kingstonontario.jpg" width="370" height="62" alt="Buy Locally Kingston!" /> <br /> <table width="80%> <tr><td> font face="verdana" color="#006600"<h2>Shopping in Kingston Ontario</h2></font> <p> There are many well-documented benefits to shopping in our Kingston locally owned businesses. The economic benefits for each one of us to choosing shop local, independently owned businesses, is FIVE TIMES that of shopping at the corporations. We realize it is not always possible to buy what you need local businesses in Kingston, so we we only ask that you¡ Think Local FIRST! </p> <h2>Top Ten Reasons to Think Kingston and Buy Local</h2> <ol><font face="verdana" color="#006600" size="2"> <li><b>Buy Local and Support yourself: </b>Several studies have shown that when we buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned chain store, significantly more of our money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms; continuing to strengthen the economic base of our community.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Support community groups: </b> Kingston Non-profit organizations receive a lot more support from small business owners than they do from large chain stores.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Keep our community unique: </b> Where we shop, where we eat and have fun -- all of it builds our community. Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character of Kingston. Our tourism businesses will also benefit since, when people go on vacation they generally seek out destinations like Kingston that offer them a sense of being someplace, not just anyplace.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Reduce environmental impact: </b> Locally owned businesses can make more local purchases requiring less transportation. Small businesses set up shop in downtown Kingston as opposed to developing on the fringe. This generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Create more good jobs: </b> Small local businesses are the largest employer in our community, providing the most jobs for residents.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Get better service: </b> Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they are selling and they also take more time to get to know customers.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Invest in community: </b> Local businesses are owned by people who live in our community, are less likely to leave, and therefore more interested in our community’s future.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Put your taxes to good use: </b> Local businesses require comparatively little infrastructure investment and make more efficient use of public services as compared to the chain stores entering our community.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Buy what you want, not what someone wants you to buy: </b> A marketplace of thousands of small businesses in Kingston is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term.  A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan, but on the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices for you the consumer.<br /><br /></li> <li><b>Encourage local prosperity: </b> A growing body of economic research shows that entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their "one-of-a-kind" businesses.</li> </font></ol> </td></tr> </table> <br /> <table> <tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><font face="verdana" color="#006600"><b>"Think Local and Buy Local"</b></font></td></tr> </table> <h2>Join the Kingston buy Locally owned business online Community</h2> <p> Join Us in making Kingston a Buy Locally owned Community. We welcome your support and invite you to join Kingston's On-Line "Buy Local businesses" movement. <br /><br /> To join, you must be able to answer "yes" to the following questions. <ul><font face="verdana" color="#006600" size="2"> <li>Is your business privately held? (not publicly traded?)</li> <li>Do the business owners, own more than 50% of the business and live in Kingston?</li> <li>Is your business based in Kingston, having no corporate or national headquarters outside the city?</li> <li>Can your business make independent decisions regarding the name and look of the business, as well as all business purchasing practices, and distribution?</li> <li>Does your business pay all marketing, rent, and other business expenses without assistance from a corporate headquarters?</li> </font></ul> Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. If your Kingston Business qualifies, please <a href="contact.html" target="_self">contact us</a>.<br /><br /> If you answered no to any questions, we encourage your involvement as an Affiliate Business Member or Supporter in Kingston local businesses on-line community. <br /><br /> </font> </td></tr> </table> <font face="vernana,arial" color="#006600"><h3>Buy Locally Kingston MENU</h3></font> <table width="526" border="0" bgcolor="#fefede" cellpadding="0"> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="whybuylocallyowned.html" title="Why Buy Locally Owned."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Kingston - Why Buy Locally owned businesses?</b></font></a> <a href="kingstonowners.html" title="Become A member."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Become A Member of Buy Locally Kingston</b></font></a> <a href="sitesocial.html" title="Kingston Buy Locally Site Social."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Site Social</b></font></a> <a href="page1.html" title="Getting Here."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Getting Here</b></font></a> <a href="downtownparking.html" title="Kingston Downtown Parking."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Downtown Partking</b></font></a> <a href="weather3.html" title="Kingston Weather."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Kingston Weather</b></font></a> <a href="kingstonmap.html" title="Kingston City Map."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Kingston Google Map</b></font></a> <a href="cal.html" title="Events Calendar & Festivals."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Events Calendar</b></font></a> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('walkingtour_cityhall.html','walkingtour_cityhall','width=780,height=600,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resize=yes,menu=no,scrollbars=yes');" title="Virtual Walking Tour"><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Virtual Tour</b></font></a> <a href="kingstonthingstoseeandtodo1.html" title="Kingston Things to do."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Kingston things to do</b></font></a> <a href="ferryschedules.html#movers" title="Ferry Schedules."><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Ferry Schedules</b></font></a> <a href="photoofkingston.html" title="Kingston Ontario Photos" targer="main1"><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>Photos of Kingston</b></font></a> <a href="youtubevideos.html" title="YouTube Videos of Kignston" targer="main1"><font face="helvetica,arial" size="1"><b>YouTube Videos</b></font></a> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('flowers.html','flowers','width=520,height=301,status=no,toolbar=no,resize=no,menu=no,scrollbars=auto');" title="Summer Flowers Around Kingston."></a> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="29%" align="center" valign="top"> <table width="251" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="1" style="border-color:#4a9e48; 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