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PEORIA, Ill. The first-ever “Go Local” event Saturday in Junction City promoted local business and emphasized the importance of shopping small and supporting local.
The event hosted nine different speakers, including local councilmen and local business owners, among others.
The event was opened by Brittany Duffield, co-owner of MMC Brokerage.
Duffield has worked at Junction City for fifteen years and said she does everything she can to support area businesses. She urged the people of Peoria to do the same and explained why the “Go Local” campaign was developed.
“‘Go Local’ was created to encourage people to spend locally, to help build awareness and drive traffic to these locally owned establishments in hopes that we can help support and strengthen the ones fortunate enough to survive,” said Duffield.
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