COMPANY HAS A NEW WAY TO HELP PEOPLE SHOP LOCALLY. ALL YEAR LONG. ONE MORE A NEW WAY TO FIND LOCAL BUSINESSES USING A NEW SEARCH ENGINE. THIS IS JEWELRY FROM TWO SISTERS OR LOCAL ARTIST KATHY GRAMATKY IS THE OWNER OF THE NEST ON MAIN STREET IN BEL AIR. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HOME DECOR ABOUT SOME OF MY ABOUT A PERCENTAGE OF MY INVENTORY IS ON LOCAL ARTISTS. SO THEY HAVE A PLACE TO DISPLAY AND SELL THEIR GOODS THAT THEY MAKE NOW. GRAMATKY IS USING A NEW TOOL TO ATTRACT SHOPS AS A USER CAN LOOK AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY AND WHAT THEY’RE INTERESTED IN. SO HE’S ONE OF MORE THAN 1600 HARFORD COUNTY BUSINESSES LISTED ON A SITE CALLED COM. COM. A FREE MAP BASED SEARCH ENGINE SO COM CAN LETS THE USERS GO IN AND SEE WHAT’S LOCAL. SO ALL LOCAL THEY CAN GO IN AND CLICK ON THE BUSINESS, THEY CAN GET THEIR INFORMATION, THEY CAN GET THEIR WEBSITE, THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO ESSENTIALLY LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD WITH THE LARGER BUSINESSES THEY CAN SCROLL THROUGH WHEN THEY FIND ONE THEY LIKE. STEPHANIE HOWE IS THE FOUNDER OF AMERICA’S COMMERCE CORE, WHICH CREATED COM CON AMERICA’S COMMERCE CORE IS A MOVEMENT THAT IS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE US BY GROWING LOCAL ECONOMIES. SO WE DON’T WANT LOCAL BUSINESSES JUST TO SURVIVE. WE WANT THEM TO THRIVE. WE OFFER SEASONAL ITEMS SUCH FOR NOW, THE COMPANY IS HIGHLIGHTING HARFORD COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS. THE HOPE IS TO EXPAN
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Shop local: ComCon search engine lists small businesses in Harford County
Updated: 5:54 PM EST Nov 22, 2023
Small Business Saturday highlights shopping at local, non-chain stores, and a Harford County company has a new way to help people shop locally all year long.”I have a little bit of home décor. A percentage of my inventory is local artists, so they have a place to display and sell their goods they make,” Kathi Gromacki, the owner of The Nest on Main Street in Bel Air.Now, Gromacki is using a new tool to attract shoppers. She’s one of more than 1,600 Harford County businesses listed on ComCon, a free map-based search engine.”ComCon lets the users go in and see what’s local, so they can go in and click on the business, they can get their information, get their website, their social media, and it allows them to level the playing field with the larger businesses,” said Tim Palmer, with America’s Commerce Corps.”America’s Commerce Corps is a movement that is focusing on strengthening communities across the U.S. by growing local economies. So, we don’t want local businesses just to survive, we want them to thrive,” said Stephanie Hau, the founder of America’s Commerce Corps, which created ComCon.For now, the company is highlighting Harford County small businesses. The hope is to expand throughout Maryland and then to the rest of the nation.
Small Business Saturday highlights shopping at local, non-chain stores, and a Harford County company has a new way to help people shop locally all year long.
“I have a little bit of home décor. A percentage of my inventory is local artists, so they have a place to display and sell their goods they make,” Kathi Gromacki, the owner of The Nest on Main Street in Bel Air.
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Now, Gromacki is using a new tool to attract shoppers. She’s one of more than 1,600 Harford County businesses listed on ComCon, a free map-based search engine.
“ComCon lets the users go in and see what’s local, so they can go in and click on the business, they can get their information, get their website, their social media, and it allows them to level the playing field with the larger businesses,” said Tim Palmer, with America’s Commerce Corps.
“America’s Commerce Corps is a movement that is focusing on strengthening communities across the U.S. by growing local economies. So, we don’t want local businesses just to survive, we want them to thrive,” said Stephanie Hau, the founder of America’s Commerce Corps, which created ComCon.
For now, the company is highlighting Harford County small businesses. The hope is to expand throughout Maryland and then to the rest of the nation.