As a real estate team, The Boehmer
Team members are very involved with many small businesses in St. Charles
County. We work with inspectors, plumbers, electricians, home maintenance technicians,
photographers, cleaning companies, title companies and local mortgage lenders.
We even have relationships with local bakeries and restaurants that supply our
open houses and other events.
The current stay-at-home order for
Missouri that runs through the end of the April is aimed to keep us safe
and healthy. But meanwhile some of our favorite local small businesses are
feeling the deepest effects of a clientele in quarantine. So how can we support
our local businesses during this time?
1. Order Delivery or Curbside Pickup
With a few precautions people can still patronage their favorite local
businesses via delivery or take out. If one doesn’t want to leave the house
there are services like GrubHub, DoorDash, Postmates, Uber Eats, Shipt,
Instacart and more that can shop and deliver groceries and carryout to you.
This will even help those laid off from other industries who have picked up
driving jobs. Curious about the safety
of delivered items? Read about grocery and delivery safety here.
2. Buy a Gift Card
A great way to show that you care
about a local business and want to help see it through coronavirus quarantines
is by buying a gift card or gift certificate from them. It will help inject cash into their business
when they desperately need it. Also, it gives you something to look forward to
for when quarantine is over.
3. Shop Local Online
Your favorite local business may
have moved more of their product and services online during this time. (Heck,
we can perform an entire real estate transaction online these days.) Check your
favorite businesses website and social media pages to see if they have any
special offers or items online.
4. Tip Well
Some local businesses are using
tips to pay staff that has been recently furloughed. So tip your restaurant
workers and delivery drivers well. They don’t have the luxury of working from
home during the Covid-19 quarantine.
5. Say Thanks
Nothing beats a sincere “thank you for what you do” to essential workers during
this time. The Boehmer Team would like to express our deepest gratitude for the
small business workers still keeping our communities running.
Excellent St. Charles County Small Businesses to Support
Since we’re here discussing helping
local small businesses, we'd like to give a shout out to some we think are extra great. We’re
surely going to miss some good ones, so help us by leaving a comment with your favorite
St. Charles County small business.
- Cork and Rind
- O'Kanes Kitchen
- Sarah Wagner (Fit Rx with Dudas Fitness)
- Extreme Electric
- Survant Heating and Cooling (It’s a good time for a spring HVAC Check up)
- 6th & Market Online Boutique
- Grandma’s Cookies
- Abby Eich Photography
Have a real estate question?
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