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Buy Local About Five Forks Profiting on the Green Movement

Contents From The Editor

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Profiting on the Green Movement

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What Is Barter?

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About Five Forks

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Shopping At Five Forks

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Dining And Entertainment

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Professional Services

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Clothing Stores and Accessories

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House and Home

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Personal Care

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Medical

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Real Estate

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Automotive

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Specialities

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Banking and Finance

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Final Words

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From The Editor Buy Local Promoting local business is as simple as having other company’s business cards or brochures posted on a board in your store. In an effort to promote the Five Forks Area, we are distributing decals that say “Check us out at www.FiveForks.sc,” in hopes that local shoppers will visit the site to find local restaurants, clothing, specials, coupons and more. We are doing our part, so please join us, and promote your local merchants, and everyone will benefit!

Top Ten reasons to Think Local in Greenville- Buy Local - Be Local – Help Five Forks Businesses

1. Buy Local -- Support yourself and the Five Forks Community:

Many studies have revealed when you buy from an independent, locally owned business in Greenville, rather than a nationally owned businesses, considerably more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, Five Forks businesses -- continuing to strengthen the economic base of the Greenville and Simpsonville SC community. These include case studies showing that Greenville and Simpsonville-owned businesses generate a premium in enhanced economic impact to the community and our tax base.

2.Support Simpsonville SC Community Groups: Non-

profit organizations receive an average 250% more support from smaller Greenville business owners than they do from large companies.

3. Keep the Simpsonville Five Forks Community Unique: Where we shop, where we eat and have fun -- all of it makes our Five Forks community home. Our one-of-a-kind Five Forks businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character of Simpsonville. Greenville and Simpsonville tourism businesses also benefit. “When people go on vacation they generally seek out destinations that offer them the sense of being someplace, not just anyplace.” ~ Richard Moe, President, National Historic Preservation Trust.

4. Reduce Environmental Impact: Locally owned businesses

in Five Forks area in Simpsonville SC can make more local purchases requiring less transportation and generally set up shop in Simpsonville or Greenville centers as opposed to developing on the fringe. This generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution.

5. Create Additional Jobs: Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally and in Five Forks area community, provide the most jobs to Simpsonville residents.

6. Receive Better Service: Five Forks businesses often hire

people with a better understanding of the products and services they offer and take more time to get to know customers. Cont. page 4

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7.Invest in the Five Forks Community: Local Five Forks

businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community’s future.

8. Put your Taxes to Good Use: Five Forks businesses re-

quire a relatively little infrastructure investment and make more efficient use of public services as compared to nationally owned stores entering Simpsonville Five Forks.

9. Buy What you Want, Not What Big Advertising Budgets Want you to Buy:

A South Carolina marketplace comprised of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices

over the long-term. A multitude of small Simpsonville businesses, each selecting products and services based not on a national sales plan but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, promises a much broader range of product choices.

10. Promote Local Prosperity: An escalating body of

economic research shows that in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character. Larry Local www.FiveForks.sc Editor in Chief

www.FiveForks.sc CEO

Dennis Stewart

Editor In Chief Larry Local

Contributing Writers Zack Hanebrink

Creative Director Daniel Holliday

Art Director Amy Coats

Photographer Jed DeHaven

Web Developers Allen Bayless Ryan Casey Matthew Coats

Softwear Developer Nick Shepherd

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Accounting Marie Bentley

Administration & Marketing Scott Harrington Vivi Morillo Shaun Stacy Angie Woods

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Profiting on the Green Movement By Zach Hanebrink

People in South Carolina are active in “going green” and doing their part to save the environment, save money and promote the local economy in the process. There are many green initiatives in the state from local blogs getting the word out to green businesses, green home builders and homes, recycling programs as well as organizations designed to promote South Carolina agriculture and SC products. Surely you have heard the buzz on going green and if you want to start getting involved and doing your part, here are some tips to get you started:

• Avoid idle

letting your car

- Every second you spend

idling your car’s engine means needlessly wasting gas, as well as adding wear and tear on your vehicle. Idling over 10 seconds wastes more gas than is needed for startup. Overall, Americans idle away 2.9 billion gallons of gas a year, worth around $78.2 billion.

• Turn

off your computer Save energy and wear and tear on your machine by shutting down your computer when you are done using it and in the evenings before you leave work. You’ll save an average of $90 of electricity a year. The Department of Energy recommends shutting off your monitor if you aren’t going to use it for more than 20 minutes, and the whole computer if you’re not going to use it for longer than two hours.

• Ask

your power company

- More than half of all electricity about green energy

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consumers in the U.S. now have the option of buying green power from their utility. Find out how you can buy it by visiting the Department of Energy’s state-bystate list of providers. You can also check with your own utility to see what’s available. Palmetto Clean Energy is a local South Carolina green energy program http://www.palmettocleanenergy. org/default.asp

• Keep

sensible tabs on

- It definitely pays to pay close attention to your thermostat, since most South Carolina households spend 50 to 70% of their energy budgets on heating and cooling. For every degree you lower the thermostat, you’ll save between 1 and 3% of your heating bill. Do the same thing in reverse with air conditioning. your thermostat

• Wash

your clothes in

cold water

- An easy way to

clean green is to turn the dial on your washing machine to cold. Most laundry loads do not require hot water, and 90% of the energy used by washing machines goes into heating. The higher the water temperature, the higher the cost to you and the planet.

• Enroll

in online billing

• Print

on both sides of

- Most software programs give the option for double sided printing, but yet most still print only on one side of the page. Consider this: the U.S. alone uses 4 million tons of copy paper annually, about 27 pounds per person. Save dough and South Carolina landfills. paper

- Save natural resources - as well as late fees - by registering in online bill-paying options. Paperless billing not only saves trees; it also reduces the fossil fuel needed to get all those billing envelopes from them to you and back again. Plus, you’ll save money on stamps.

• Carpool! - If your commute

• Get

Certified South Carolina program is a new, exciting cooperative effort among producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers and the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) to brand and promote South Carolina products. Our goal is for consumers to be able to easily identify, find and buy South Carolina products.

rid of junk mail Approximately 100 million trees and 28 billion gallons of water are used to send junk mail to Americans annually. You can eliminate 75% of unsolicited mail by registering on the Mail Preference Service on the Direct Marketing Association website (for a fee of $1). Within 90 days, most unsolicited mail will stop.

to work is 25 miles each way and at least half is in typical stopand-go traffic, you’ll save roughly 10 percent of your monthly carbon emissions by carpooling. Not to saving money on gas!

• Buy Certified South Carolina produce - The

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to pay with their products or services and save cash. Simply put: If you had to make a purchase for $1000, would you rather write a check or pay with an equal amount of your product/service at its normal selling price to a new customer? Most businesses prefer to barter and keep cash.

What is Barter? By Zach Hanebrink

Barter is a form of trade in where goods or services are directly traded for other goods and/ or services, without the use of money. Barter normally replaces money as the method of exchange in times of monetary crisis, when the currency is unstable and

Barter Raises Profitability: Barter customers pay retail prices and fees, so you get the full value of your goods and services. devalued by hyperinflation.

What Are The Benefits Barter?

of

Barter Can Bring New Customers: This enables you to expand your market and maintain your cash-paying customers. Barter Conserves Cash: Barter generates new customers because buyers are encouraged

Barter Moves Surplus Inventory: Retailers must keep their inventory moving and our customers shop for the most up to date merchandise each season. Carolina Barter Exchange can deliver you buyers to move excess inventory, eliminating the advertising costs and heavy discounting otherwise needed to achieve this goal. Cont. page 9

$1,927. • Merchants accounted saving an average of $327,000 using barter and saw and average cash flow raise of 18%. • 1 in every six businesses participated in at least one barter transaction for the first time with intentions to do more in the future.

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is

Barter?

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Raise Efficiency Service Business: Increase billable hours! If you are not at 100% capacity 12 months a year and you can handle new customers, Carolina Barter Exchange can help you fill your free time with new business opportunities. And now you will have trade dollars to purchase the products and services you need. Hotels: Suppose you have 10 vacant rooms at $100 a night and you need a new brochure for $1000. Barter provides a way for you to buy your brochure, fill your rooms (at your cost), and maintain your cash. Networking Increases Your Customer Base: Barter customers will bring you all the cash referrals that your current clients bring. You will increase new cash paying-customers too-as long as you give your barter customers the same great services and pricing you offer everybody else.

Get Virtually Anything! Recent year statistics: • The common dollar amount of commercial barter rose to

• 1,845 new corporations had barter transactions surpassing $100,000. • 74% of all Fortune 500 companies utilized barter-up a whopping 14% from last year. • 93% of all small business owners (less than 25 employees) report trying barter with a positive result. Carolina Barter Exchange, LLC is the fastest growing trade exchange based in South Carolina. Carolina Barter Exchange has representation in all 46 counties that include Charleston, Columbia, Hilton Head Island, Myrtle Beach, and Greenville. Carolina Barter Exchange is the fastest growing trade exchange in The Carolinas. CBE helps its member companies enhance their businesses through exchange of products and services instead of making cash disbursements. Some examples of the products and services we offer include: advertising, printing, travel and vacations, auto repairs, restaurants, caterers, art and custom framing, office equipment, medical treatment, computer services and more.

areas of the country. The Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce plays an active role in the growth and development of the Simpsonville area while also ensuring that the high quality of life for the community is maintained.

About Five Forks Five Forks Simpsonville, situated in the rolling hills of north-western South Carolina, is located in Greenville County, 12 miles south of Greenville SC. Simpsonville is in the heart of the Golden Strip area, which is one of the fastest growing areas in the Southeast.

Simpsonville is privileged to have a balanced mix of business and industry. Large industry employs literally thousands of people in the Simpsonville area. Almost all of the local industry is non-union and South Carolina is a right-towork state. The Simpsonville Area is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live and work in the entire country. Because of this high quality of life, Five Forks area in Simpsonville is also one of the fastest growing areas in the country. The community has the charm of small town living with all the conveniences of a big metropolitan area. Five Forks Simpsonville is an open and friendly community welcoming people and businesses from all

Small and medium size businesses are equally important to Five Forks prosperity and success. The large industries have attracted plentiful smaller. Others offer a wide variety of goods and services such as hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, retail garden supplies, real estate, building and construction and on and on. Economic diversity is one key to Five Forks and Simpsonville’s extraordinary growth and success.

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Shopping At Five Forks D I N I N G & E N T E R T A I N M E N T M E D I C A L & D E N T A L

P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E S

R E A L E S T A T E

C L O T H I N G & A C C E S S O R I E S A U T O M O T I V E

H O U S E & H O M E

S P E I A L I T I E S

P E R S O N A L C A R E

B A N K I N G & F I N A N C E

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Restaurants Arby’s 2605 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 675-9090 www.Arbys.com CW’s Wings & Things 2700 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 676-0051 Domino’s Pizza 2701 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 234-1500 www.Dominos.com El Jalisco 2607 Woodruff Road, Suite B Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864)286-0820 Frodo’s Pizza 2700 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 234-9999

Dining & Entertainment Grocery Bi-Lo 2607 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 288-0136 www.Bi-Lo.com Publix 2700 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 234-3860 www.Publix.com

Jack in the Box 2609 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 297-0800 www.JackInTheBox.com Java Bistro 102 Batesville Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 676-9993 Joy of Tokyo 2531 Woodruff Rd # 101 Simpsonville, SC (864) 288-7828 www.JoyOfTokyo.com

Napoli Pizzeria & Restaurant 2531 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 627-0019 Olympian Grill 7 Five Fork Plaza Ct # A Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 281-1400 Shanghai Tokyo & Chinese Restaurant 106 Batesville Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 281-9583 The Spice Diner 2617 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 297-4002 Subway 106 Bayesville Rd #A Simpsonville SC 29681 864-234-3422 www.Subway.com Teakoon Noodle Express Chinese 2700 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 288-2038 Tony’s Pizza & Subs 2607 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 288-6692 Uncle Berto’s Burrittos 100 Batesville Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 234-6501 Zaxby’s 113 Batesville Rd. Simpsonville, SC 29681 864-234-1304 www.Zaxbys.com

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Shopping Guide

Vino 100 2531 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 236-8604 (864) 236-8607 www.Vino100Greenville.com

Churches & Religious Supplies Five Forks Baptist Church 112 Batesville Road Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 288-9455 Fax: (864) 288-9314 www.FiveForks.org Immanuel Lutheran Church & School 2820 Woodruff Road Simpsonville, SC 29681

www.ImmanuelLutheranChurch.com

Seacoast Church 2309 Highway 14 Simpsonville, SC 29681 www.Seacoast.org Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church 2519 Woodruff Road Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 297-5257 Fax: (864) 987-9015 www.WoodruffRoad.com According to the Word 100-B Batesville Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 [email protected]

www.AccordingToTheWord.com

Dry Cleaning Dryclean USA 2700 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 286-8685 www.DryCleanUSA.com Monarch Dry Cleaners 2531 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 627-4499 OM Cleaners 2607 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 234-7890 Royal Cleaners 106 Batesville Rd # D Simpsonville, SC (864) 329-0799

Education Goddard School 8 Five Fork Plaza Ct Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 254-0708 Fax:(864) 254-9748 www.GoddardSchool.com Immanuel Lutheran Church & School 2820 Woodruff Road Simpsonville, SC 29681 www.ImmanuelLutheranChurch.com

Kumon 2700 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 289-0684 www.Kumon.com

Insurance Tommy Meadows - Allstate Insurance Agent 2700 Woodruff Rd #M Simpsonville, SC (864) 297-5511 www.Allstate.com State Farm Insurance 2531 Woodruff Road Simpsonville, SC (864) 286-1110 www.StateFarm.com

Shipping Palmetto Pack and Ship 2700 Woodruff Rd Ste L Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 286-8513 Fax: (864) 286-8965 Postal Annex 2607 Woodruff Road Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 288-1171 www.PostalAnnex.com

Shopping Guide

Professional Services

Clothing Kidz Korner 2700 Woodruff Rd # I Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 234-0106 The Lilypad Children’s Boutique 2531 Woodruff Rd Suite 104 Simpsonville SC 29681 864-297-0884 www.LilypadChildren.com

Shoes Footloose 2700 Woodruff Rd # J Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 331-2424 www.MyFootloose.com

Shopping Guide

Clothing Stores & Accessories

House & Home Cason Builders Supply 2800 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 675-9519 www.CasonBuilderSupply.com

Interior Design Imperial Draperies and Blinds 106 Batesville Rd # D Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 329-0773

www.ImperialServicesGRP.com

Pools Pool and Spa Connection 2607 Woodruff Rd # A Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 458-9699

www.PoolAndSpaConnection.com

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Shopping Guide

Home Improvement

Health Clubs Anytime Fitness 102 Batesville Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 286-8348 www.AnytimeFitness.com Greenville Tennis Club 772 Adams Mill Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 288-4288 www.GreenvilleTennis.net Sportsclub 667 SE Main St Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 228-8282 www.SportsclubSC.com Performance Indoor Soccor 722 Adams Mill Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 631-1269

Salons & Day Spas Great Clips 106 Batesville Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 289-0456 www.GreatClips.com Innovations Salon 2539 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 234-7441 Top Spa Nails 2539 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 288-7414 VIP Nails 2700 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 234-0501 Upstate Hair Design 2700 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 281-7909‎ Elizabeth Hair and Company 7 Five Fork Plaza Ct Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 286-6734

Shopping Guide

Personal Care

Medical Drug Stores CVS Pharmacy 2580 Woodruff Road Simpsonville, SC (864) 627-7229 www.CVS.com Rite Aid 202 Scuffletown Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 458-8455 www.RiteAid.com

Health Care Chiropractic Of The Carolinas 215 Batesville Road Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 987-5541 www.ChiropracticOfTheCarolinas.com

Tri-Care Clinic 2701 Woodruff Rd, Simpsonville, SC 29681 864-213-9505 Five Forks Chiropractic 7 Five Fork Plaza Ct Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 458-7008 www.FiveForksChiro.com Parkside Pediatrics 211 Batesville Road Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 272-0388 www.parksidepediatrics.com

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Shopping Guide

Brian C Hodges DDS 2607 Woodruff Rd # G Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 297-1110

Real Estate The Townes At Highgrove 195 Batesville Rd. Simpsonville, SC 29681 864-234-3097 www.RyanHomes.com Tuscany Falls 864-314-0573 www.TuscanyFalls.net

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Shopping Guide

Weichert Realtors 2607 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 288-5210 www.wrpwa.com

Automotive Car Sales Five Forks Auto Sales 350 Five Forks Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 864-286-6496

Car Wash Wash Me Auto Wash 5 Five Fork Plaza Court Simpsonville, sc 29681-5460 Phone: (864) 329-1133

Gas

Kangaroo Express 2201 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 297-7959 www.ThePantry.com Kangaroo Express 2571 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 286-3555 www.ThePantry.com Spinx 2601 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 254-0292 www.MySpinx.com

Shopping Guide

Corner Mart 2608 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 288-8543

Cell Phones Sprint 402 SE Main St # A Simpsonville, SC (864) 963-2523 www.Sprint.com Sprint 15 C Ray Talley Blvd Simpsonville, SC (864) 962-8950 www.Sprint.com Verizon Wireless Ste B, 655 Fairview Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 963-8762 www.VerizonWireless.com

Verizon Wireless 365 Harrison Bridge Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 963-8762 www.VerizonWireless.com

Florist The Flower Box, Inc. 2531 Woodruff Road Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 297-3466‎ www.FlowerBoxInc.com

Pets Woodruff Road Animal Hospital 2709 Woodruff Rd # A Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 234-5995‎ woodruffrdah.com

Storage H & H Storage 2711 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 297-7229 (864) 228-6840 Fax:(864) 297-7957 www.HnHSelfStorage.com

Video Rental Blockbuster Video 2603 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC (864) 458-9224 www.Blockbuster.com

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Shopping Guide

Specialites

Edward Jones 535 Brookwood Point Ste1036 Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 232-3881 www.EdwardJones.com/ First Citizens 2708 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 864-627-4399 www.FirstCitizensOnline.com Regions Bank 2565 Woodruff Rd Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864) 289-2201 www.Regions.com

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Shopping Guide

Banking & Finance

Final Words

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)

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