{"id":413,"date":"2012-11-22T16:18:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T16:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=413"},"modified":"2012-11-22T16:18:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T16:18:48","slug":"its-small-business-saturday-365-days-a-year-in-ojai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/its-small-business-saturday-365-days-a-year-in-ojai\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Small Business Saturday 365 days a year in Ojai"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ll find a lot of things in Ojai, (pronounced \u2018O hi\u2019) Calif., the quaint little town nestled between hills and mountains 85 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Filled with shops and art galleries and boasting miles of hiking trails, the town is a place to get away from it all. In fact it is known for its many spiritual retreats.\u00a0 I spent part of my vacation last summer in Ojai and having never been there before, I was taken aback by its charm.<\/p>\n

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Westridge Market is one of two independent grocery stores in Ojai<\/p><\/div>\n

But one thing you won\u2019t find in Ojai is chain stores or at least not many. In 2007 in order to maintain Ojai\u2019s unique charm and to foster small business growth, the City Council adopted an ordinance <\/a>that completely rules out fast-food restaurants and prohibits big box stores. While existing chains are allowed to stay, future chain stores have to meet strict criteria in the downtown area.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t only the city council that wanted to preserve Ojai\u2019s uniqueness. Residents did too. Seems everyone in Ojai takes pride in the city\u2019s reputation as a town where you won\u2019t find a Starbucks.<\/p>\n

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Barts Books in Ojai<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you know of any other towns that are as supportive of small business owners as Ojai? We\u2019d love to hear about them.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d also love to about the craziest spot where you\u2019ve had a business call. Share your story with us and your name will be entered for a chance to win a Marque 2\u2122 Bluetooth\u00ae headset.\u00a0 Enter to win: http:\/\/<\/a>soundingboard.plantronics.com\/community\/small-medium-business<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ll find a lot of things in Ojai, (pronounced \u2018O […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[510],"tags":[830,637,580,582],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}