I’ve found a great site that works well in finding local businesses, a local search engine based on any locality information. You can find what ever type of business or service, with accurate driving directions to get you there, along with their hours and contact information as well as reviews and their websites, a virtual online local yellowpages. Basically a one stop shop for locating local merchants to give your business to. We are finding ourselves in tough times and shopping locally helps keep money in your own home town and community, which is a good plan of action for us to undertake during our economic crisis these days.
At Local.com you can find just about anything you need while given the opportunity to contribute your reviews with others as well. It is always good to hear what others have to say about products and services, especially when you have a good shot at knowing the people that are making the reviews, in and around your own community. I checked out a few local restaurants at Local.com and found comments and reviews from several people that I know from this part of the country and around town, that was pretty cool.