Alignable.com launches #MyMoneyStaysLocal for small businesses

To help drive more progress in the recovery of all small businesses and their communities across the U.S. and Canada, Alignable.com is launching #MyMoneyStaysLocal today. #MyMoneyStaysLocal is a grassroots movement encouraging business owners and community members alike to spend more money on purchases close to home. The movement was created to raise awareness of how spending your money locally has a direct impact on how quickly and completely your community recovers. Local businesses really need support from each other and the members of their communities to survive the devastating effects of the COVID-19 epidemic, which has already forced thousands nationwide to close for good. The latest estimates from Alignable polls of 485,000 small business owners is that 3% of all SMBs have shuttered so far, and 40% could run out of cash reserves later this month.