By Troy Gillard

July 25

Rocky Chamber touts “The Big Spend” to support local small business

Jul 18, 2020 | 10:45 AM

The Rocky Mountain House & District Chamber of Commerce is encouraging local residents to get out and support local small businesses as part of a national promotion happening next weekend.

“The Big Spend” on Saturday, July 25 encourages Canadians to be part of helping to revive the country’s economy that’s been devastated by COVID-19 by making an intentional purchase at a local small business.

The goal is to inject $100M into the economy on this single day.

Local small businesses provide nearly 70% of all private-sector jobs in Canada.

The Big Spend is meant to be more than a symbolic gesture of hope. Organizers say it is a “practical step we can take as part of a larger action plan for economic recovery in Canada.”

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“Chambers of Commerce from across our nation, along with local businesses and individual Canadians, are signing on to be ‘Spend Friends.’ Collectively, on July 25th, we can make this the largest ‘Christmas in July’ Canada has ever seen,” says Deb McClelland, Former Past President of Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada.

Find out more at thebigspend.com and facebook.com/TheBigSpend.