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2024 Restaurant Specials
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What Is SAVOR?
SAVOR 2024 is Edwardsville/Glen Carbon’s nationally recognized restaurant week – the inaugural 2016 initiative was honored with an Award of Excellence by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) at the association’s annual conference in Nashville, TN in 2017. SAVOR is a salute to our community’s restaurateurs, cuisine and diners, and a celebration of the culinary creations that make our region a foodie hot spot. The week, running from October 1-10, 2024, features a special opportunity for diners to visit old favorites and also try the many new restaurants that have opened in our market. Specially priced lunch and dinner menus are offered for fixed prices.
Why Shop Locally?
The math for buying close to home is compelling - for every $100 spent at a locally-owned business, $73 remains in the local economy, and $27 leaves. Compare that to the same $100 spent at a non-locally owned business, where $43 remains in the local economy and $57 leaves. Recent research from Civic Economics indicates that local eateries return nearly 79% of revenues to the community, compared to just over 30% for chain restaurants. "When profits stay local, it increases the community's wealth, tax revenue and standard of living," says Sue Lynn Sasser, Ph.D. and professor of economics at the University of Central Oklahoma.
"Small businesses and local businesses are still the backbone of our economy," Sasser adds. "They are local people serving local people and are generally committed to staying there, raising their families. After all, most businesses started out as a small, local business and earned the success of growing and expanding. It's the American dream."
"Small businesses and local businesses are still the backbone of our economy," Sasser adds. "They are local people serving local people and are generally committed to staying there, raising their families. After all, most businesses started out as a small, local business and earned the success of growing and expanding. It's the American dream."