People are starting businesses at record rates since the pandemic in response to the economic challenges of the time.

In other words, rather than let the challenging job market defeat them, many of us are hiring ourselves and doing much better today than if we had given up and accepted the offers that were available.

Today, people like me remember what that was like, so we offer more to the people we hire as our businesses grow, offering more to our community than the bare minimum.

Choose local businesses that pay workers well and put money back into your community. That's the way we make thinks better.