(Wadsworth, Ohio, November 25, 2017) Downtown Wadsworth took part in the annual American Express “shop small” Small Business Saturday event on November 25.
This annual event encourages community members to “get up, get out, and shop small” at local small businesses.
Main Street Wadsworth Executive Director Adrianne Krauss launched a Facebook campaign to bring awareness to the event, which highlights the impact small business can have on a community. Krauss said, “there are 23,000 people living in Wadsworth. Imagine what would happen to our economy if just half of the community spent $100 on local businesses downtown. Over $1.1 million dollars would flood the Wadsworth economy.”
A contest on the Main Street Wadsworth Facebook page garnered over 50 responses from community members who shared where they like to shop downtown, and what they buy. The answers ranged from cream sticks at Ann’s Pastry Shop, to guitar picks at Wadsworth Music.
“There is a trend moving toward support of small businesses,” Krauss said. “Communities are beginning to understand the effect they can have when they choose to support local, small businesses, which employ their family, friends, and neighbors, and that each dollar spent there is reinvested into the community. If we are truly concerned about the state of our economy, spending money at big boxes and allowing our money to go overseas will not solve our problem.”
Six small businesses have opened in Downtown Wadsworth in the past six months: CS Watchworks, Lee R. Potts, Attorney at Law, Kathryn’s Craft Closet, No. 1 Chinese Restaurant, Prelude Financial, and ToastHeads Micro Bakery.
For more information about Small Business Saturday, visit https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/shop-small/.
