Short Pump: Keeping It Local
Kari Peiffer wrote this really interesting article that starts off with “I have a confession to make. I hate Short Pump.” Being a Short Pump resident and a person who really enjoys the area, when I first started reading her article, I was a little offended and thought that her commentary went a little too […]
Kari Peiffer wrote this really interesting article that starts off with “I have a confession to make. I hate Short Pump.” Being a Short Pump resident and a person who really enjoys the area, when I first started reading her article, I was a little offended and thought that her commentary went a little too far.
But as I read her article, I totally understood where she was coming from. I am a big believer in small business and it really upsets me every time a local business owner goes out of business as a result of large corporate conglomerates coming in.
This sentiment really hit me when I saw the stories about Ukrop’s potentially selling to a national, non-local chain. It really breaks my heart to think of Richmond without Ukrop’s and I am quite sure that this is being driven not only by the economy but by the influx of corporate chains coming into Richmond.
I urge you to read Kari’s article which goes into a recently launched project called the 3/50 Project. We can make a big difference to the families and individuals that devote their business lives to our local community if we could each just focus a little more on patronizing our own neighbors and local entrepreneurs.
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