Shop local on Small Business Saturday

Danny Federico news@greenepublishing.com Small businesses are the cornerstone of the American economy. A study conducted between 1998 and 2014 by the Small Business Administration (SBA) shows that small businesses create two-thirds of new jobs and increase competition between businesses, accounting for nearly 44 percent of the nation's economic activity. However, the SBA noted these numbers are gradually declining. One cause for the decline was the Great Recession in 2008, during which "fe