Buy Winston County- Be Winston Strong 
is a campaign within our community. The goal is to raise awareness and to educate consumers of the importance of buying from shops within our neighborhood, whether it is national chain or a locally-owned shop.  A Winston County owned business is likely to produce income, jobs, tax receipts, and charitable donations for a community over several generations. Whenever ownership coincides with the location of a business, all these transactions reinforce one another and pump up the Winston County economic multiplier, the basic building block for community prosperity.

Your Sales Tax at Work
When you shop in Winston County, 18.5% of the 7% State sales tax collected is allocated for local funding. This pool of money is allocated to each municipality every month which helps fund city services. When shoppers spend money out of town, or online, those tax dollars support services in other communities.

What is Local?
Buying Winston County means shopping at stores that are located in our community, whether it is a national chain store or a locally-owned shop. When you buy from these merchants and pay sales tax, the State allocates 18.5% of the tax for municipalities and 81.5% for state funding and disburse the total amounts each month.