When you shop at Princeton’s locally owned businesses you help to build a strong, sustainable community and you help Princeton keep its unique character and charm. Shop and dine in Hometown Princeton. It’s an investment in your community that pays off every day.
Our Mission
Keep the money local.
45 cents of every dollar spent in local businesses stays in the community, where it is used to hire local people, utilize local services, make purchases from other locally owned businesses, and support local organizations. Compare this to the 13 cents per dollar that stays from purchases made at a national chain store and 0 cents for purchases made online.
Support Princeton’s charities and civic organizations.
Locally owned firms contribute more to local charities and fundraisers than do non-local firms. And many local business owners are active in our community serving as volunteers and acting as mentors to area entrepreneurs and youth.
Protect our environment.
Malls and highways create traffic and pollution, eliminate natural habitats, encourage excessive energy consumption, and require a greater share of our municipal revenues for infrastructure than local shops.
Build a sense of community in Princeton.
We are all inter-dependent and reciprocity is the foundation of a healthy, well-functioning community. The quality of life in our town depends on a thriving retail community. In return, locally-owned shops and restaurants depend solely upon the support of area residents.
Enhance what makes our town special.
Princeton is a lively, picturesque, and interesting place to live, work, and study. Independent specialty stores preserve and enhance the unique nature of our town in ways that national chains cannot.
*Study in Austin Texas on the Economic Impact of Local Merchants and Chain Retailers **Andersonville Study of Retail Economics by Civic Economics www.civiceconomics.com
More about Hometown Princeton
Hometown Princeton is a network of independent, locally owned shops, restaurants and professionals who have come together to promote the many benefits that locally owned businesses bring to our community. We are your friends and your neighbors. And we are dedicated to the idea that Princeton will thrive economically, socially, and environmentally if businesses and residents work together to support our town and each other.
Our member businesses have full control over choosing the items they stock, the suppliers they use, the services they hire, and the community organizations they support. This keeps decision making under local control and more money circulating within our local economy.
We look forward to working together with our fellow business owners and our community to create a vibrant and healthy Hometown.
Hometown Princeton Charter Members
Locally Owned Princeton Stores