The 3/50 Project Helps Your Community

The 3/50 project is a great way to support your local community and revive the economy.  Here are the details of the project:

3 Think about which three independently owned businesses you'd miss most if they were gone.  Stop in and say hello.  Pick up a little something that will make someone smile.  Your contribution is what keeps those businesses around

50 If just half the employed U.S. population spent $50 each month in independently owned businesses, their purchases would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue.*  Imagine the positive impact if 3/4 of the employed population did that.

68 For every $100 spent in independently owned stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures.  If you spend that in a national chain only $43 stays here. Spend it online and nothing comes home.

1 The number of people it takes to start the trend...you.

Pick 3.  Spend 50.  Save your local economy

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Here's Cinda Baxter, the founder of the350project to explain:

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