Dan talks with Thelma Castillo, President and CEO at Blue Water Area Chamber of Commerce about the benefits a community experiences when their residents shop local.

In this episode, Thelma and Dan talk about:

• Protecting local jobs
• Promoting small business owners
• How much money stays in your county when you shop local
• The resurgence of downtowns
• How the pandemic affected small businesses
• Keeping sales tax revenue in your home county
• Jorja Baldwin at District 43 in Port Huron
• Downtown Port Huron
• Business collaborating to help one another
• Ft. Gratiot Business Association
• Experiencing St. Clair County

Learn more about the Blue Water Chamber of Commerce here:

https://www.bluewaterchamber.com/

Learn more about the St. Clair County EDA here:

https://edascc.com/