“Buy Local 2010″ will be the focus of the City of Livingston, with the help of the Sumter County AL Chamber of Commerce and the University of West Alabama to spur the local economy. It has been adopted by the Chamber to include all of Sumter County.
The objective of this campaign is to try to get the citizens of Sumter County to shop locally first, both in retail and service industries.
Livingston Mayor Tom Tartt said, “most local residents do not realize the value of shopping at home first. Some 70 percent of local employees are employed by local merchants and $.68 of every dollar is re-circulated in the community. If everyone in this community and this county looked to their local merchants first, before they drove out of town [to shop] for what ever it is, you’d be surprised [to see how] much better your services and your overall community could be helped just by giving them a chance.”
For more information on the Buy Local campaign or to see how you can become a part, please contact the Chamber office.
Also visit A word on Buying Local, which includes a testimony from Chamber Member Eddie Davis, president of York Drug and The Drug Store.
Click here to view photos from our Buy Local Kickoff Event held of March 5, 2010, in downtown Livingston.
A 2011 Kickoff Event is in the planning stages! Stay for more information!