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Buy Local Monterey means:

• Be Local
• Help the Environment
• Support your Community

When you shop at locally-owned stores, more of your dollars recirculate within the community through taxes, employment, and philanthropic support for local groups. The City of Monterey has some very unique and enticing shopping districts for tourists and locals alike - everything you need is right at your doorstep.

Every dollar spent in Monterey helps sustain the economic vitality of our community by supporting:

• Our local businesses
• Our friends and neighbors who are employed by these businesses
• Many of the City programs and services enjoyed by our residents, from the Sports Center to the Library

The City’s Finance Department estimates that if people just spent 10% of what they purchase outside of Monterey or online – at local stores in Monterey – that 10% (ten cents on each dollar) would create $500,000 dollars in revenue for the City’s General Fund. That’s a half million dollars worth of support for City programs, from Whispering Pines Day camp to senior activities and street re-surfacing…for a 10% change in where you choose to spend your money.

Shopping locally also is good for our environment. Less time spent in our cars helps reduce our carbon footprint and means more time enjoying our beautiful city. Buying local also often eliminates costs of high transportation fees. Shopping locally reduces your carbon footprint by decreasing the mileage that products have to travel to get to you. This cuts fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with your consumption of that product. Local businesses are also more likely to use local suppliers, thus providing a fresher and more sustainable product.

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Resident DISCOUNT Parking PASS

The City of Monterey offers a parking program which allows Monterey residents, with the ($20 annually) purchase of a discount parking pass, a maximum of two hours of free parking, per day, per parking facility. The discount parking pass is honored in the Downtown Garages, both East and West, the Waterfront Automated Lot (at Washington & Del Monte) and the Cannery Row Garage (at Foam & Prescott).

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