TRULY LOCAL SMTX

Daniel Guerro, Mayor/Born in San Marcos

“Frequenting a local business is about so much more than making a sale. It’s about sharing in a sense of belonging, place, and relationships with your community. In most case there is a special kinship between the customers and businesses that each other in their success, growth, and overall quality of life. It’s this familial, communal spirit of shared dependability that allows local business owners and neighbors  to co-exist and sustain one another for generations. It’s a beautifully symbiotic relationship that brings life to a community.”

Carina Boston, Owner Splash Co-working

“The Local Multiplier Effect (LME) is a very valuable, hidden feature of our economies. The term refers to how many times dollars are recirculated within a local economy before leaving through the purchase of an import. Famed economist John Maynard Keynes first coined the term "Local Multiplier Effect" in his 1936 book The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money.”

Monte Sheffield, 4th Generation Texan, SMTX resident/business owner/operator since 2004

“Buying local is being local! You can’t beat the feeling of doing business with those that you’ve shaken hands with, heard their kids laugh or hugged when they’re in sorrow.  Buying local is the ultimate in paying it forward.”