Local Businesses: Making Communities Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
We love our local businesses and their unique impact on our communities. But now there is research to show that local businesses are more beneficial to our community than we ever thought before.
In a recent article by Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Mitchell cites research that proves local businesses actually make residents healthier:
“A study recently published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, for example, found that people who live in communities where small, locally owned businesses are the norm are healthier than those who live in places where large corporations predominate. ‘We find that counties with a vibrant small-business sector have lower rates of mortality and a lower prevalence of obesity and diabetes,’ conclude the study’s authors, Troy Blanchard, Charles Tolbert, and Carson Mencken.”
But local businesses aren’t just good for our health, they also promote civic engagement:
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