A local economy is about business owners living and spending in the MarketTown, not a franchise, chain or licensed business where money is exported.
To thrive, about 20% of the MarketTown businesses should be money importers, meaning they sell local to global (L2G). These are businesses that thrive anywhere there is high-speed broadband and access to an airport for the occasional face-to-face meeting.
The money these L2G businesses imports is then spent by the owners and employees on businesses that sell local to local (L2L).
For this reason MarketTown marketing focuses not on selling homes, but on attracting head-of-household jobs.
Below is a partial list of businesses and jobs that would be part of the L2L economy. In addition to these jobs, the MarketTown will have artists, musicians and other members of the creative class.
SHOPS | SERVICES | LEARNING/HEALTH | BUSINESS/SOCIAL |
Food/drink shops | Appliances/Repair | Learning | Food/drink svc |
Bakeries | Barber | Adult Education | Bistro |
Bottle Shops | Beauty Salons | Art Galleries | Breweries |
Butchers | Caterers | Art Schools | Cafes |
Cake Shop | Community/NonProfit | Botanical Gardens | Farmers Market |
Chocolatiers | Computer Services | Children-Daycare | Ice Cream Store |
Coffee/Tea Supply | Cosmetics/Beauty | - Kindergarten | Juice Bars |
Confectionery | Couriers | - Primary | Pubs/Bars |
Dairy Products | Day Spas | - Secondary | Restaurants |
Delis and Dairies | DJs | College/Private | Takeaways |
Fruits/Vegetables | Domestic Services | Cooking School | Travellers' Inn Hall |
Gourmet | Dry Cleaning/Laundry | Dance School | Vineyards/Wineries |
Grocery Stores | Electricians | Drama School | Local Businesses |
Seafood | Event Organisation | Language Schools | Banks/Financial |
Specialty Food | Furniture Make/Fix | Libraries | Cemetery |
Retail | Gardeners | Museums | Credit Union |
Antiques Retailers | Glazier | Music School | Farming |
Arts/Crafts Retailers | Graphic Design | Music Venues | Film Production |
Astrology, New Age | Handyman/woman | Special School | Infrastructure Svcs |
Bike/Ebike Shop | Holiday Services | Tutoring | Local Govt. Maint. |
Bookstores | Import/Export Agents | Universities | Motorpool-Carwash |
Chemists | Interest Groups | Health | - Mechanic |
Clothing Retailers | Interior Design | Acupuncture | - Operations |
Computer Store | Internet Publisher | Aged Care | - Rentals |
Costumes/Formal | Internet Services | Alternative Medicine | Storage |
Electronic/Computer | Interpreting/Translate | Cardiologists | Accommodation |
Eyewear Retailers | IT/Telecom Services | Chiropodist | Airbnb Mgt. |
Fabric Stores | Landscaping | Chiropractors | Bed/Breakfast |
Fashion | Local Governance | Counselling | Home Minding |
Florists | Makeup Artists | Crisis Care | Hostels |
Framing | Marketing | Dentists | Hotels |
Furniture Stores | Media/Communication | Doctors | Property Mgt. |
General Retailers | Mortgage Brokers | Emergency Services | Rental Mgt. |
General Store | Motorpool Rentals | Massage | Tenting/glamping |
Hardware Stores | Nail Salon | Medical Centres | Traveller Inn-Room |
Health Stores | Nursery Gardening | Mobility Aids | Sports/Entertain |
Hobby Shops | Packing | OB/GYN | Badminton/Squash |
Home Pools/Spas | Painters | Opticians | Bike/ebike rent/svc |
Jewellery/Watch | Party/Event Planning | Oral Surgeons | Boating |
Leather Goods | Pest Control | Paediatricians | Bowling |
Lingerie Retailers | Pet Boarding | Pathologist | Cinema |
Locksmiths | Pet Care | Physiotherapy | Comedy Clubs |
Luggage Retailers | Photographers | Podiatrists | Golf |
Maternity Retailers | Plumbing | Pregnancy Services | Gymnastics |
Musical Instruments | Post Office | Psychiatrists | Gyms/Fitness |
Office Equipment | Printers | Professions | Horses/Equestrian |
Outdoor Gear | Professional Services | Accountant/Bookkeep | Martial Arts |
Party Supplies | Publishers | Advertising | Nightclub |
Security Supplies | Radio/TV Stations | Architect/Designers | Parachuting |
Shades/Blinds | Recorded Media | Business Broker | Personal Trainers |
Shoe Stores | Recording Studios | Business Consultant | Pilates |
Ski/Snowboard | Removalists | Business Opportunity | Playgrounds |
Sporting Goods | Rubbish Removal | Business Services | Pool Halls |
Stationery | Security Services | Engineering | Skating Rinks |
Toy Store | Sewing/Alterations | Environment Consult | Sports Clubs |
Used Goods | Shoe Repair | Financial Services | Sports Field Mgt. |
Vintage Clothes | Signwriting | Insurance | Stadiums/Arenas |
Wedding Supplies | Upholstering | Investing | Swimming Pools |
Religious | Watch Repair | Lawyers | Tennis |
Church, temple, etc | Web Design | Legal Services | Theatres |
Funeral Svcs | Web Hosting | Public Relations | Venues/Events |
Religious Stores | Wedding Planning | Veterinarians | Yoga |
LEARNING/HEALTH | BUSINESS/SOCIAL |
Learning | Food/drink svc |
Adult Education | Bistro |
Art Galleries | Breweries |
Art Schools | Cafes |
Botanical Gardens | Farmers Market |
Children-Daycare | Ice Cream Store |
- Kindergarten | Juice Bars |
- Primary | Pubs/Bars |
- Secondary | Restaurants |
College/Private | Takeaways |
Cooking School | Travellers' Inn Hall |
Dance School | Vineyards/Wineries |
Drama School | Local Businesses |
Language Schools | Banks/Financial |
Libraries | Cemetery |
Museums | Credit Union |
Music School | Farming |
Music Venues | Film Production |
Special School | Infrastructure Svcs |
Tutoring | Local Govt. Maint. |
Universities | Motorpool-Carwash |
Health | - Mechanic |
Acupuncture | - Operations |
Aged Care | - Rentals |
Alternative Medicine | Storage |
Cardiologists | Accommodation |
Chiropodist | Airbnb Mgt. |
Chiropractors | Bed/Breakfast |
Counselling | Home Minding |
Crisis Care | Hostels |
Dentists | Hotels |
Doctors | Property Mgt. |
Emergency Services | Rental Mgt. |
Massage | Tenting/glamping |
Medical Centres | Traveller Inn-Room |
Mobility Aids | Sports/Entertain |
OB/GYN | Badminton/Squash |
Opticians | Bike/ebike rent/svc |
Oral Surgeons | Boating |
Paediatricians | Bowling |
Pathologist | Cinema |
Physiotherapy | Comedy Clubs |
Podiatrists | Golf |
Pregnancy Services | Gymnastics |
Psychiatrists | Gyms/Fitness |
Professions | Horses/Equestrian |
Accountant/Bookkeep | Martial Arts |
Advertising | Nightclub |
Architect/Designers | Parachuting |
Business Broker | Personal Trainers |
Business Consultant | Pilates |
Business Opportunity | Playgrounds |
Business Services | Pool Halls |
Engineering | Skating Rinks |
Environment Consult | Sports Clubs |
Financial Services | Sports Field Mgt. |
Insurance | Stadiums/Arenas |
Investing | Swimming Pools |
Lawyers | Tennis |
Legal Services | Theatres |
Public Relations | Venues/Events |
Veterinarians | Yoga |