You have a choice every time you leave your house to shop and eat: stay here or go somewhere else. What you may not know is the benefits of staying here might mean more to your family than you even imagined.
By thinking locally, you support local business owners, managers and employees who are people we grew up with, whose kids go to school together, go to church and with whom we volunteer. They are our neighbors, friends and family. In a city the size of Hendersonville, we have the ability to support those business owners by shopping within the city limits.
When you shop locally, you impact the local economy. To take it one step further, shopping here directly affects our schools and property taxes. Of the 9.25% sales tax you pay on an item, two and a half percent comes back to the City and County to support schools, infrastructure and keep your property taxes low. So on a purchase of $500, $16.25 comes back locally. It may not sound like a lot but if every resident made the decision to shop here, that’s a lot of money coming back into our economy. That decision can be made anytime you leave your house to spend money.
To search for local businesses by category, please click on the Member Directory at the top of the screen.