It's become clear that it's never been more important to shop local. With the threat of not just one, but two Walmart Neighborhood Markets making their way seemingly unobstructed into Altadena, it's time to step up education on why we need our local shops. This poster, provided by the lovely folks at The American Independent Business Alliance, give you the facts. Walmart gives you fantasy. As our friends at Main And Me portray in this poster, this could be your shopping experience in our lovely town someday soon:
However you view the situation, we always advise shopping with your local merchants. After all, is Walmart going to buy your kids' school fundraisers? Will they support the local Little League team? Sure, they'll throw some money at local non-profits, but what about our Library? Will they support them in a sustainable way? I think not. Let us end with this poster, also from Main and Me, and remember - we have Friends Of The Altadena Library canvas tote-bags and Altadena Library District tee-shirts for sale at the store and the Library gets 100% of sales!*
Thanks for listening, my friends, we'll talk again next week!
Lori and Scott
*We also have items from Christmas Tree Lane available and they get 75% of net sales!
