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Frederick County Economic
Development Visits Thurmont

Frederick Courtesy Photo

County Economic
Development visited
several businesses in
Thurmont on October
24, 2016, to show
their appreciation for
conducting business
in Frederick County.
Visits included
Catoctin Breeze
Vineyard, Cousins Ace
Hardware, Hoffman’s
Market, Kinnaird
Memorials, Center Craig Mayne of Cousins Ace Hardware is pictured with Frederick
of Life Chiropractic, County Economic Development team during their visit in October
Pilates & Massage,
for Business Appreciation Week.

Senior Benefits, Stauffer Funeral Home, and Viers Auto Repair.
Frederick County Economic Development Host Business Appreciation
Week every year in October. This year, nearly one hundred businesses were
visited by County Representatives, local municipality representatives, and
ambassadors from other businesses. For more information on this annual
event, you can contact Sandy Wagerman at 301-600-1578 or swagerman@
FrederickCountyMD.gov.

Thurmont Business Bucks

Thurmont Business Bucks is a gift certificate program to encourage those
seeking a gift to keep the money local. Thurmont Business Bucks is a gift
certificate program that are sold at the Thurmont Town Office in increments
of $25 and $50 certificates. When you purchase Thurmont Business Bucks
gift certificates, you receive a booklet with over twenty-five local businesses,
from which the certificates are redeemable. Businesses include hair salons,
restaurants, car service, and retail. The goal is to keep the money in the
community. Studies show that for every $100 spent at locally-owned
independent businesses, $68 remained in the community, versus $43 for
chain stores. When you spend dollars locally, they are spent again in the local
economy, another five to seven times, creating the multiplier effect. Local
businesses are financially invested in your community’s future, contribute to
a lower tax base for residents, and are a life line to non-profit organizations.
Did you know non-profit organizations receive an average of 250 percent
more support from smaller locally owned business owners than they do from
large businesses? Thurmont Business Bucks makes the perfect gift, not only at
Christmas, but all year long. View the advertisement on page 20.
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