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stays in the local community.

According to the American Independent Business Alliance, every dollar spent at a locally owned business returns five times that amount within the community through taxes, wages and the purchase of materials, supplies and services from other local businesses.

You haven’t given charitably, some would have it, until and unless it hurts. In that regard, there is nothing charitable about shopping close to home, where it is so painless to shop.

We have most of what we want here anyway — from world-class jewelry, to clothing geared to the Piedmont and all its outdoor activities, to books

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