Shopping local is easy with this one stop resource, Shop Petawawa. Created to support local entrepreneurs grow and adapt their business shopping platforms and customer reach for both the local and the global online shopping public.

Shop Petawawa is an online business directory featured on the Town of Petawawa’s official website. Being listed helps local businesses improve their visibility in search engines, making it easier for residents and visitors to discover what’s available locally. The platform highlights the strength of Petawawa’s business community and supports local economic growth by connecting consumers with nearby products and services.

Shop Petawawa is an initiative of The Petawawa Business Advisory Network (PBAN), a collaborate network of business representatives, dedicated to fostering and supporting our businesses and futurepreneurs. Shop Petawawa is possible through assistance from the Town of Petawawa and is a FREE platform for Petawawa businesses to post and the public to use.

There are many reasons to choose local, independent businesses for your shopping needs. Building vibrant, dynamic, prosperous, inclusive communities is but one such reason, here are more:

Quality of Place
A community’s character is a combination of its environment, history and the businesses operating in it. Small businesses in a community, build local diversity, distinctive culture, sense of pride and quality of place as business owners and their families become interwoven in the story and fabric of a community

Community Well Being
Strong, independent locally owned businesses link neighbours, sustain communities and contribute to local causes.

Local Decision Making
Local ownership means timely, relevant decisions are made by people who live in the community and who directly feel the impacts of those decisions.

Investment in the Local Economy
Dollars invested in local purchases have a 3 x’s greater local impact in stimulating job creation, funding municipal services and investment prioritization for neighbourhoods and community.

Environmental Sustainability
Local stores help create vibrant, compact, walkable town centres and areas where families can gather, be engaged and experience commerce and nature in harmony.

Product Diversity
The more local small storefronts in a community, the more diverse and unique the products offerings and quality of service becomes. Entrepreneurs focus on truly meeting and exceeding their niche clientele needs, selling and sourcing a much broader range of innovative product choices.