I talk a great deal when speaking and writing about the POWER of shopping LOCAL. I don’t just preach it. I practice it. By now, I hope everyone in the Lake Gaston region understands how important it is to spend our dollars at home and how those dollars continue turning over and over in our communities in the form of tax dollars, wages, donations and disposable income.
There is not much that makes someone who works for a Chamber of Commerce happier than seeing new businesses open and existing businesses expand. Both are signs of a strengthening economy.
We all have them. We often forget to count them. Day-to-day irritations sometimes pick away at them. The big hurdles of life can overshadow them. At Thanksgiving, thank goodness we take an entire day for the purpose of remembering and celebrating our blessings.
I’m crafting my Chamber Talk after a very popular Business After Hours at Watersview Restaurant. I am so proud to say that we had more than 90 Chamber members in attendance! I want to say a very special thank you to Billy Benson, Ali Porter, and their phenomenal Watersview team for hosting us.
Today we celebrate Veteran’s Day and pay homage to the heroes who have fought for our country and protected our freedoms. Many of those veterans live here in the Lake Gaston region, and we should all be proud to call them our neighbors. To those veterans reading this article, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your acts of bravery, honor and self-sacrifice.
