COMMUNITY SPIRIT/ INDIESPIRIT
If you love living in this adorable
village with all its beautiful shops (and we know you do), you need to
champion the 3/50 Project. This ongoing grass-roots effort
relies on people like you to support the mom-and-pop-style shops that by
nature struggle more than the big boxes during times of economic
strain. After all, it is these small independent stores that anchor a
community.
The premise of the 3/50 Project is
simple: Pick three local stores you couldn’t stand to see disappear and
spend $50 every month at those stores (that’s $50 altogether, not at
each individual shop). According to the number crunched by 3/50 Project
founder Cinda Baxter, a retail specialist concerned about the economy’s
impact on indie stores nationwide, “If even half the employed population
spent a mere $50 per month in locally owned retail stores, those
purchases would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue.” Want more
math? For every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68
remains in a community’s economy, versus $43 spent at nation chains and
$0 spent on online purchases.
“The whole point of the 3/50 Project is
to breathe life back into our communities,” Baxter says. “It’s a true
feel-good concept. Across the board, the most reported reaction has
been ‘Oh, my gosh, this is important, and I can do it.’ Everyone who
touches this wins. Empowerment is a wonderful thing.”
Find out more about the 3/50
Project at
www.the350project.net.
(Adapted and excerpted from Cheryl
Krementz for Vogue Knitting.)
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Calling established artists!!!
The Babylon Village Arts Council in partnership with Astoria
Federal Savings Bank will sponsor a Winter Art Exhibit & and Sale on
February 27.
The exhibit will be held at the Babylon Masonic Lodge located at
250 West Main Street from 12-4 pm. Established artists must submit up
to 3 examples of works in JPEG format on CD, between 500K & 1 Mb.
If selected a participation fee of $50 must be made payable to
Babylon Village Arts Council and mailed to :
BVAC, PO Box 141, Babylon NY 11702.
All media welcomed. A resume, bio and promotional cards are
requested. Please send s.a.s.e. for submission returns. Submission
deadline is Jan 11,2010. For more information contact Rose Norman at
669.1810.
To download application visit our website at www.babylonvillagearts.org
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