This is becoming a holiday tradition (she says, smiling from ear to ear).
Last New Year’s Day, I sat at my parents’ kitchen table in Nebraska, watching our 30,000th fan join The 3/50 Project Facebook page.
Last night, again from Mom and Dad’s kitchen table, I watched our 70,000th fan join the FB fold.
And today, I’m still bursting with just as much pride over every single independent brick and mortar business owner…every single consumer…every single organization and non-indie business who helped get us here. You guys are what fires me up, keeping me moving 150 mph on this path toward strengthening our local economies. If not for your perseverance, determination, positive reinforcement, and enthusiasm, well…. Our little “small business lovefest” would have languished in blog land after my first missive.
Thank you for breathing life into what we do, giving The 3/50 Project a voice, and being the amazing superheroes you are every day of the year. Talk about inspiration…….
Happiest New Year…and here’s to big things ahead.
Cinda
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You have just put into words things I have always felt. I have always asked my elected official where they shopped before I gave them my votes. When they told me Columbia, or St. Louis, or Kansas City, I would tell them to go there and ask for their votes, because when I called and complained about the way my tax dollars are being spent, I really meant my tax dollars, because I spend my money locally.
Melissa, you hit the nail on the head.
During an interview this fall, a reporter asked me whether or not I thought the incoming Congress would make life more difficult for small business. My response? “While I can’t predict what Congress will do, I can tell you that each Congressman is a consumer, and if they commit to spending money with locally owned, independent brick and mortar businesses in their communities, it would have a positive impact.”
Needless to say, there was no follow up question.
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