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“COLORS” is the acronym for Columbia Locally Owned Retail and Services. We are an educational, non-profit, volunteer organization working to raise public awareness of the benefits of supporting locally owned independent businesses. We’re Boone County, MO citizens who are striving to maintain Columbia’s unique atmosphere by bringing to light what happens when you “buy local” versus spending your hard-earned dollars at absentee-owned chains.
When you choose a locally owned business over a big corporate chain, your money circulates back into the local economy instead of being shipped to corporate headquarters in another city, state or even another country! Local businesses then spend their money locally, and that continues to make those dollars work right in the city in which they were spent.
That’s where the money come from that pays for park maintenance, street fairs, public schools, libraries, and all the other things that make cities vibrant! Those are the dollars that, in turn, make it possible to hire other local folks—the house painters, lawn-care kids, yoga teachers, caterers—all the specialty services and goods that you just can’t get by shopping at Super Strip Mall. By opting to buy local when you can, the benefits just keep spreading!
Individuals can join COLORS too!
