By digitally signing below, YOU PLEDGE to shift at least 10% of your holiday spending with local retailers, service providers and food & beverage providers, in order to strengthen our local economy and protect a unique sense of place. YOU PLEDGE to love the Lowcountry and vote with your dollars for the kind of place you wish to live in.

Keep an eye out for an email as we approach Nov 1 that will provide resources to help you make the shift easy and fun! In the meantime, start setting your goals. How much do you plan to spend on gifts and/ or hosting family and friend this year? How much of that can you SHIFT to local businesses this year?

Why does this matter? THREE TIMES MORE of your dollar stays in this community when spent at a local business as compared to when spent at a national chain store. Those extra dollars recirculate among other local businesses, and help create a strong tax base for our local economy - paving our roads, improving our schools, paying our firemen and police forces, and so much more.