Downtown St. Charles Partnership Urges Consumers to Shop Local For Christmas

The Downtown St. Charles Partnership is encouraging residents to shop in the downtown area for Christmas this year to help enhance its economic viability.

The DSCP is asking shoppers to participate in the 3/50 Project to provide loyalty and increased revenue for independently owned businesses, with the message of “Pick 3. Spend 50. Save your local economy.” The idea is to pick three locally owned businesses you’d hate to see disappear and spend $50 a month at these businesses to help boost the local economy, according to a press release from DSCP.

Every $100 spent in locally owned businesses $68 returns to the local community, according to the press release.

Shoppers also are asked to participate in Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26, which encourages them to patronize locally owned merchants. 

More than 100 independently owned retail businesses and restaurants are in downtown St. Charles. Various shop owners offer items that customers cannot find while shopping at area malls, according to the press release.

For information on the 3/50 Project, visit www.the350project.net and information on Small Business Saturday can be found at http://smallbusinesssaturday.com. For information about the DSCP including a downloadable pdf of the Downtown St. Charles Businesses Directory, visit www.dtown.org.