The Milton Canadian Champion has an interesting editorial on the benefits of shopping local, more specifically Milton.
Despite what some people think, Milton has everything to offer from the smallest of gifts to the big ticket items. Its worth checking out what Milton has, especially in our downtown core. Just imagine going Christmas shopping and finding all that you need. Lets take downtown for instance.
Anyone with a knitter in the family (and there are a lot of knitters out there) they can go to see Carolyn at Main Street Yarns at Carriage Square Mall. While there you can drop into Coffee Culture and have one of their amazing brews of coffees and teas. Another good choice is Pasqualino’s Cafe & Bistro. If youre shopping for a loved one and are looking for flowers….Oceana Whispers is the best choice for quality flowers, excellent presentation and wonderful one on one service. If youre looking for some high quality leather goods or shoes, you can go to Milton Shoes and Leather Centre.
If youre hungry while shopping there are a number of places to eat along Main Street from The Ivy Arms to Thai House Cuisine. In the need of a hair cut, you can go to either Mike the Barber or Tony’s Barber Shop. Your printer run out of ink or need some specialty paper for your Christmas cards, Harris Office Pro.
Endless choices for everyone. If you need to buy a computer for your kids, or just service the one you have, Crave Systems is a great place for all of those needs.
And Im just hitting the tip of the iceburg. There are hundreds more stores to go to find exactly what you need for the holiday season.
For the record, no one listed here has paid for anything. 🙂
You can go to www.downtownmilton.com for a full listing of businesses that can serve you. If anyone has any other companies they would like to promote…let me know. Feel free to comment as well.
Lets make it a great holiday season for Milton retailers.
Please shop local this holiday season
Canadian — and specifically Milton — retailers are hoping for a ‘green’ Christmas this year after weathering (we hope) one of the worst economic years on record. We also hope that local consumers this holiday season think of Milton first when dashing about for their shopping.
This town has a wide variety of stores. Our local merchants could certainly use your patronage.
While shopping in town, you can pause awhile at the many cafes or restaurants. You can take in old-fashioned Christmas displays and appreciate store owners who are proud of the goods they sell and spend the necessary time answering customers’ questions.
Remember, spending dollars locally helps our entire community. Local businesses are the ones that sponsor your child’s soccer team, contribute to the arts and donate to any number of worthy and charitable causes.
The spin-off effects are tremendous.
Also this holiday season, consumers should be in a better mood to spend (at least moderately) than last year as the economic climate continues to improve while interest rates are at a record low.
I know you just outlined the downtown area Mike, but as you say theres lots of other places to shop.
I found that I get 100 times better service from Home Hardware in Milton. Angelo and his staff are amazing and deserve some praise. Prices might be a little higher for some items but the quality of service is second to none. If and only if I cant find something there, I go to Canadian Tire.
I absolutey agree with Home Hardware. Thats usually my first stop as well.
A good resource to find local businesses is through the Milton Chamber of Commerce website and they have a directory of all its members.
http://www.miltonchamber.ca and go to the member directory section.
Keep the recomendations coming!!!!!
Some other places people on my Facebook mentioned were:
The Vacuum Store on Main St. (“shamless plug” courtesy of Donna Dannielli 🙂 )
How could I forget local Milton artist Ann Kornuta. She is truly a Milton treasure herself!
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