MEEKER | Supporting small businesses has always been a part of community life. That is, it was the underpinning of a healthy local economy, until the economic upheaval caused by COVID-19 threatened to make shopping for the necessities of life more difficult. The bloating of the corporate conglomerates such as Amazon and Wal-Mart was inevitable.
The easy availability and the convenience of ordering online are making it difficult for local businesses to compete. Even as…