LZ Area Gift Checks Can Be Purchased For Use At Most Chamber Members Businesses.

    • 500 businesses in the area!
    • No Fees
    • Valid for 1 year after the purchase date. (does not lose value after 6 months)
    • Great gift for a birthdays, anniversaries, team coaches, job promotions, retirements, house warmings’, holidays, appreciation gifts, or any occasion!

Please contact us for more information or order online. Special weekend/evening pick-up available upon advance request.

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Take your gift one step further by downloading our new APP, which allows you to find all the Lake Zurich area chamber member businesses with one easy to use application on your smart phone! Use it to show your gift recipient where they can redeem their gift certificate!

Top TEN Reasons to Shop Local:

Entrepreneurs, skilled workers, and residents alike are all attracted to the feeling of prosperity and distinctive character.  By supporting small local businesses, you entice visitors to consider your community as one of promise and prosperity for the future, thus driving more settlement and more entrepreneurs.

Local shops often stock a high percentage of local goods which often requires less transportation, thus reducing carbon footprint.  Furthermore, by establishing shop in town, they discourage suburban sprawl.

Local businesses typically have less demand on local infrastructure and public service thus leaving your tax dollars to be spent on the things you care about such as schools, parks, and streets.

Our local restaurants, shops, and entertainment establishments are central to our experience of where we call home.  Each local business provides a unique character and experience.

Did you know that small local businesses are the largest employer nationally?  Shopping local sustains small businesses and decreases unemployment.

The innovation and dreams of local entrepreneurs brings a broad range of products and services to your community offering your great product choices and competitive pricing.

Local business owners often live within the community in which they work and therefore are invested in its future.  Each individual business both private and public are tied to one another and as one disappears so to others.

Local business owners are over two times more likely to support local non-profit and charitable organizations such as schools, churches, and events than large businesses.

Evidence from customer surveys show people receive better customer care and service locally since small business owners typically have expertise in their product or service and take the time to get to know their customers.

Less driving equates to less spending of both time and money on gas and repairs in the long run.  More significantly, by buying local, you are allowing your money to be reinvested by those local businesses in the form of their purchases from other local organizations such as vendors, service providers, and farms.  This in turn, helps enhance the economic vitality of the whole community!

Visit these sites for great reasons to support local business in their effort for sustainability!

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