We do not want local merchants put out of business.

She was born in 1890 as the second daughter of a local merchant.

The workers would, in turn, spend them with local merchants.

Or call your local merchants' association, if there is one.

The first two were run out of local merchants' stores.

Local merchants also provide support, he said, and that helps cut costs.

"Our only goal is to protect local merchants so they can use the name as well," he said.

But local merchants are not taking the future for granted.

The local merchants aren't about to turn down free spending researchers.

But these days, city officials and local merchants say, that image is changing.