Healthy communities is a Main Street Citizens value. It always has been. And for good reason: clean, safe and healthy communities improve health and productivity, and reduces absenteeism and business health costs.
Not only this, healthy communities are integral to the success of America’s small businesses. While big corporations can dump pollution in a community and then close up shop and move somewhere else without their CEOs or shareholders ever having to breathe the local air, small businesses can’t. Small business owners, their employees, and their customers all breathe the same air.
That’s why the health of our communities is a Main Street Citizens value. And that’s why we’ll keep fighting for standards that protect clean air, protect the public health, and protect local communities and local economies.
