We Celebrate the Unique Nature of Park Circle.
Park Circle is a one-of-a-kind place to live and work. This place is special and the independent businesses are an essential part of that equation. These businesses are often owned by our friends and neighbors, they help recirculate money back into our community, and provide services our community needs and desires.
We Stand Up and Show Up for Independent Businesses.
If you prefer the same businesses you’d find in Pittsburgh or Plano, Park Circle may not be your pint of beer.
We’ve Created Something Special Here.
And we’d like to keep it that way. We’re joining more than 30 communities across the United States, including our neighbors in Sullivan’s Island and Folly Beach, SC in advocating for a zoning district that says “no, thanks” to chain businesses by regulating “Formula Business Establishments.” See what the Charleston Regional Business Journal and the Post & Courier had to say about the City of Folly Beach’s ordinance in Dec 2018.
Formula businesses have standardized services, décor, trademarks, inventory, methods of operation, and other features that make them virtually identical to businesses elsewhere.
TAKE ACTION!
Show Your Support
Businesses:
• Place the sticker in your window. Request one by e-mailing Jordan@lowcountrylocalfirst.org.
• Download and share the digital sticker on social media or on your website to let folks know you support a unique and independent business community in Park Circle by using #ParkCircleUnchained.
Community Members:
• Download and share the digital sticker on social media to let folks know you support a unique and independent business community in Park Circle by using #ParkCircleUnchained.
Everyone: Advocate for policy that works!
Ask your elected representatives what they are doing to ensure the Park Circle business district remains unique and independent. Passing a ‘Formula Business’ zoning district to regulate chain businesses is a highly effective tool in more than 30 other communities, including Folly Beach, SC.
Email your elected officials to voice your support through our letter campaign! It’s easy and quick.
Need More Reasons to Love Park Circle’s
Independent Business Community?
Independent Businesses:
Enhance livability: residents and visitors alike enjoy shopping, dining, and working in unique districts that don’t look like “Anywhere, USA.”
Economic Impact: independent businesses return 3 times more revenue back in to the local economy than national chains.
Create More Jobs: every $1 million in consumer spending that flows to independent businesses instead of chains generates about twice as many local jobs.
Increase Home Values: Homes within walking distance to independent businesses retain their value even during an economic downturn.
Get in Touch
To learn more about this movement and stay informed, provide your info to the right. We will email occasional (no more than once a month) updates and inform you of upcoming gatherings, including any public meetings where this policy will be discussed, and ideas on how we can move this forward together.
Want to learn more? Contact:
Jordan Amaker, Director of Advocacy & Communications
Lowcountry Local First
jordan@lowcountrylocalfirst.org
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