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Sanity is the fashion forward Men's & Women's Clothing & Accessory Boutique, specializing in the most sought after contemporary designers as well as handpicked independent labels from NY and LA. Sanity carries the hottest shoes and jewelry as well as unique gifts and apothecary lines. Sanity is truly a one of a kind and a must see!

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8/03/2009

The 3/50 Project

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I recently learned about the 3/50 Project, an idea that started after a blog post. The 3/50 Project is about supporting your local merchants. This cause became very important to Kevin and I after we opened Sanity. As a local merchant of Chagrin Falls, we know that every little bit of support for local merchants helps. It not only helps in a business sense but in a community sense. If there were no merchants in Chagrin Falls because every one chose to shop at big name chains like Nordstrom, Dillards and especially the discount stores like TJ Maxx, Nordstrom Rack and other comparable stores, Chagrin Falls would have nothing left to draw people to the area (except for the Popcorn Shop of coarse....joking, joking).
The idea of all the merchants closing because people do not support small merchants as much as they should really saddens me. The true draw of a town like Chagrin Falls has always been the "cute shops". There are thousands of town like Chagrin Falls that people look forward going to because they know they'll find something unique and interesting to bring home with them.
The idea of supporting local merchants is not a difficult one and is very do-able. The 3/50 Project says that if half the employed people in America spent $50 a month in locally owned independant businesses, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue. Not to mention that for every $100 dollars spent at a locally owned store, $68 returns directly to your community through taxes, payroll and other expendtures.
I understand how easy it is to go online and click a button and get what you want in a few days, but if you shop online, it does absolutely nothing to help your community.
All that i'm asking you, as an owner of a locally owned business is to please consider stopping at the boutiques first before you rush off to Nordstrom to buy your jeans or fall waredrobe.
Plus, shopping at boutiques makes your clothing more unique and I promise, you won't see 20 different people wearing the exact same shirt that you just bought from Express, only in 5 different colors :)
Shop Locally....Shop Sanity
For more information about the 3/50 Project...check out their site here: The 3/50 Project

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