Try it.
October 1, the village of Nunda will be quietly kicking off a campaign to encourage its residents to make a pledge to shop locally with an initiative called Local First.
Mayor Jack Morgan is asking residents to try to commit to shopping locally almost exclusively for one month. He said residents might be surprised just how much they can find right in Nunda.
“We wanted to develop a mindset that doesn’t say ‘over the hill is better,’ ‘bigger is better,’ ‘the other side of the fence is better,’” he said.
That mindset is often a misconstrued one, he said, into thinking that people can get a better deal on items, or can find better quality items elsewhere.
Morgan said that in his own video, cell phone and musical instrument retail business, Sight and Sound, he was able to provide the same type of merchandise and match prices with (and sometimes lower than) bigger retail outlets, and yet add a friendly, personal touch that is customary with a small-town mom and pop shop.
Morgan said he’d like to extend encouraging a ‘support local’ mindset into the Keshequa School District by initiating an essay contest.
He said he’s aware that absolutely not everything might be available right in Nunda, but “just check locally. At least see if you can go through a local retailer...it’s a reasonable local first program.”
He said he’s working on plans for more Local First initiatives in the future, but specific plans are not yet defined.
He also said that Local First is not just the month of October, that it can be tried at any time. One solid month, he said, is ample time to try it and see if it works.
Try it.
October 1, the village of Nunda will be quietly kicking off a campaign to encourage its residents to make a pledge to shop locally with an initiative called Local First.
Mayor Jack Morgan is asking residents to try to commit to shopping locally almost exclusively for one month. He said residents might be surprised just how much they can find right in Nunda.
“We wanted to develop a mindset that doesn’t say ‘over the hill is better,’ ‘bigger is better,’ ‘the other side of the fence is better,’” he said.
That mindset is often a misconstrued one, he said, into thinking that people can get a better deal on items, or can find better quality items elsewhere.
Morgan said that in his own video, cell phone and musical instrument retail business, Sight and Sound, he was able to provide the same type of merchandise and match prices with (and sometimes lower than) bigger retail outlets, and yet add a friendly, personal touch that is customary with a small-town mom and pop shop.
Morgan said he’d like to extend encouraging a ‘support local’ mindset into the Keshequa School District by initiating an essay contest.
He said he’s aware that absolutely not everything might be available right in Nunda, but “just check locally. At least see if you can go through a local retailer...it’s a reasonable local first program.”
He said he’s working on plans for more Local First initiatives in the future, but specific plans are not yet defined.
He also said that Local First is not just the month of October, that it can be tried at any time. One solid month, he said, is ample time to try it and see if it works.
