Posts Tagged ‘Civic Economics’

Make My City and Global Entrepreneurship Week Bring the Focus to Local Businesses and the People Who Run Them

By • Nov 15th, 2010 • Category: Featured, News

Local Jersey City businesses new, old and in the works will be in the spotlight this week, as the second-ever Make My City week runs concurrently with the third annual Global Entrepreneurship Week.


The Case for Shopping Locally

By • Jun 19th, 2009 • Category: Featured, News

Studies show that dollars spent at locally-owned businesses feed the local economy much more than dollars spent at those that aren’t. “Most businesses — local and nonlocal — hire local people and pay taxes. But locally owned businesses contribute significantly greater levels of income, wealth, jobs, taxes and charity to a community.”

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