Marshfield, MA:
Buy local or bye, bye local businesses.

The Marshfield Chamber of Commerce is supporting an initial event to encourage consumers to shop local and enjoy closer parking, personal first name service and competitive pricing. The public is urged to join the celebration at Marshfield's Local Business Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, May 21st (with a rain date of the following Saturday, May 28) from 10am - 4pm.

The Marshfield Chamber has invited its members and other local merchants to participate in the sidewalk sale and help line the entire town of Marshfield - from Route 139, the center of town and through Brant Rock - with tables and racks of mechanize for sale on that day.

Marshfield retailers will also be displaying signs and offering free bumper stickers with the slogan "Shop Marshfield for the BEST."

Dwarfed by "big box" stores such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Best Buy, Lowe's and Costco who siphon profits to distant corporate locations, Marshfield retailers are looking to make consumers more conscious of their buying decisions.

This idea for the campaign was initiated by Taylor Lumber -ACE Hardware who has been serving Marshfield's lumber and hardware needs for more than 50 years.

"The Shop Marshfield Sidewalk Sale is the first step in creating a campaign that highlights and delivers better, locally owned shopping options for local people," noted Rick Taylor of Taylor Lumber-ACE Hardware, 2075 Ocean Street (Route 139) in Marshfield, Mass.

Taylor continued, "We hope to make consumers aware of the fact that shopping local means better service and competitive pricing. Shopping at local,independent stores also helps maintain the small town flavor of knowing who you are doing business with and them knowing you.