Click here for information and updates. Walking into the Paonia Town offices you'll notice some new computers. Unfortunately, the town chose not to support our local economy. Instead they took the tax dollars from the businesses in town and sent it elsewhere, purchasing the computers from an outside source. Shop locally' they tell us.
Shopping locally makes sense.
It's amazing that more folks aren't taking the time to think about it. I don't own a car, so I buy all my food at Don's Market, Paonia Whole Food Market, and the Trading Post. The same factors that affect us as a country when our exporting levels get too high also affect our community. When resources, such as money, leave the community they are not available to benefit our community as a whole. Purchasing products from companies that are owned outside of Colorado sends your money out of the State, and much of it will not return.