As we all know, the corporate superstores keep taking business away from local proprietors, and obviously this trend is going to continue unless small business’ fight back.
Think about it. Not that long ago (relatively speaking), small businesses provided the products and services that keep our local economy going. The money exchanged hands locally…
Now that we have big corporate businesses moving into our communities at a scale that Longmont and the surrounding area hasn’t seen…. Do you really think that the profits that Walmart, Lowes, Super Target, Home Depot (just a few examples), and the like are going to be spent locally? Of course not. They are big national and international hungry corporations looking for profit for their investors, offering a lower price. Same thing with the big grocery chains, the Michael’s craft stores, the Grease Monkeys, etc.
This trend will continue unless local citizens of Longmont take some action. Next, they will go after our local service businesses, or hold them under contract based on “their terms”.
I for one, would like the City of Longmont to scale the number of large corporations coming into our community, similar to what Boulder is doing.
Obviously the problem is all about corporate taxes and big corporate money, and the lack of foresight of our Longmont city management to look at the long term picture for our community.
I know Boulder is pretty hot on the subject, and we as a community should be as well.
If you have a small business in the Colorado Front Range area, try contacting Longmont Business Marketing. We have several great marketing solutions for small business, and we don’t care much for the big guys. 
https://longmont-business-marketing.com
For those of you that want to participate in the Longmont City Council meetings, see:http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/city_council/agendas/index.htm
