Support local businesses this holiday season
By changing just 10% of your shopping habits you can have an extremely positive impact on our local economy.
Website: ShowYourLoveA2.org
Instagram: showyourlovea2
#showyourlovea2
Ann Arbor’s diverse group of independent restaurants, retail shops, musicians, artists, and professional services make up the downtown community you know and love. COVID-19 has changed how we live, and we have to make an effort to ensure it doesn’t hurt the places we cherish. Help us preserve the personality and spirit of Ann Arbor by showing your love to the community. Please shop, eat, and drink downtown Ann Arbor.
Why does buying local matter? The money you spend at community-based merchants not only keeps the businesses and people you love downtown, it also impacts the larger local economy in a multitude of ways. With each dollar spent at a local independent merchant, more than three times as much wealth is generated in the local economy compared to a dollar spent at chain-owned businesses. Specifically, it positively impacts the number of jobs in the community, supports increased wages and benefits, helps to reduce poverty and decreases inequality, increases social capital and civic well-being, and strengthens the middle class with greater economic returns. By changing just 10% of your shopping habits you can have an extremely positive impact on our local economy.
Follow us on Instagram @ShowYourLoveA2, post a photo of what you love downtown, and tag #ShowYourLoveA2. Each week through the end of December we will choose our favorite photo and the winner will receive a $50 gift card from a downtown business of your choice!!!
Campaign organized by: the Kerrytown District, Main Street Ann Arbor, the State Street District, and the South University Area Association
Thank you to our “Show your Love” partners and sponsors:
DDA destination Ann Arbor
Bank of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor/Ypsi Chamber of Commerce
Ann Arbor's 107.1