Mayor, Cathy Lowe and Community Development Director, Tonya
Triplett began a “Love Where You Live” initiative to support the small business
community in Abingdon. This initiative is a great way to help market businesses
and to tell them about the free small business support services offered by
Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator and the Town Community Development
Director.
“The “Love Where You” initiative is our way of saying thank
you for investing in Abingdon and what can we do to help keep your business
healthy, said Mayor, Cathy Lowe.” “As a 30-year owner of a small business, I
understand the pleasure and pain of owning a small business. Something as
simple as flying a uniformly designed flag that says OPEN can help attract
customers to your business and give everyone a sense of community. We started
distributing the flags, poles and hardware last week to the small retailers and
restaurants. It is taking longer than we anticipated getting them distributed
because with each stop we discuss each business and potential opportunities.”
“It has been a pleasure working on this project, said
Community Development Director, Tonya Triplett.” “Small businesses are
extremely important to Abingdon and we want to do everything we can to help
them be successful.”
Our hope is that the new Council will continue to support
this effort until all businesses who want a flag will receive one.
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