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Shift campaign got the word out about how moving 10% of your spending to a local business can have a big impact. what we re saying is, let s all be mindful of where our money goes when we spend it and understand the local business then in turn will have a local accountant or graphic designer, and that money stays in the economy and creates additional jobs. in oregon a loyalty program was started called supportland. customers use a card making a purchase giving them points to exchange for rewards. the rewards are important as more of like a hook, a game. it makes it fun, but our customers are not in it for the rewards. they just want an excuse to get out and support local. in mountain brook, alabama, they ve made shopping local a year-round opportunity with live local saturday movement encouraging customers to buy from any community business that day and for businesses to sell locally made products. we ask all the businesses in mountain brook to come up with a list of items th ....