Spring 2018 Newsletter

112 S. Lee Clearwater, KS 67026 888.758.8976 www.SKTMainstreet.com LIVE, LAUGH & BLOOM at the 33rd Annual Tulip Festival, April 13-15, 2018, in Belle Plaine, Kansas. Sign up and play at: skt.pickitchallenge.com Fill out your bracket and enjoy friendly competition with others in your community. It’s easy to enter and fun to play. Plus, SKT customers have an opportunity to win one of our awesome cash prizes! Enter by March 15th. COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONTEST! Play Our Free Cornerstone Group © 2018 Advocates for Independent Business (AIB) and the Institute of Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) use this ripple concept to convey the shop local message. They also encourage businesses to help spread the word, which SKT is happy to do in this newsletter. When you choose locally owned businesses for your shopping, you create a ripple effect. It starts with your own experience and the benefits you get from shopping at independent stores—such as being able to rely on local retailers’ expertise. Then the effects keep going: • You connect with your community. Shopping locally means bumping into friends, enjoying lively streets, playing in the toy store, and trading neighborhood news with the people behind the counter. Local businesses make communities work. • You strengthen your local economy. Local retailers hire local people, pay local taxes, and source goods locally. When you shop local, you expand opportunity where you live. • You cast a vote for the American dream. Starting a small business has long been a pathway to the middle class. By supporting local entrepreneurs, you invest in a future that works for all of us. SKT believes strongly in the importance of supporting local businesses, and we thank you for choosing us as your communications provider. By working together, we can strengthen our communities. There’s a Ripple Effect When You Shop Local When a single stone is thrown in a lake, many ripples form from the impact and expand across the water. That’s similar to the effect you can have in your community when you choose to shop local.

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