Mar 4, 2013

County Readying ‘Buy Local’ CampaignBy Danielle CamilliPhillyBurbs.com

Mt Holly, NJ – The idea is simple: Live here. Shop here. Spend here.

A small investment and commitment to spend more money locally could yield big returns, officials say. If each of Burlington County’s 180,000 households spent $20 more a month in the county, more than $40 million would be injected into the local economy, officials said.

Now, the Burlington County Board of Freeholders and its partners, the Burlington County Chamber of Commerce and the Burlington County Bridge Commission, are ready to roll out their plan to promote local business and encourage those dollars to stay close to home.

They unveiled their “Shop Burlington County First” campaign at last week’s freeholder conference meeting.

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