Each Five & Dime General Store helps keep a community
vital. When a resident of one of our store's cities needs a new
battery, an aspirin, an extension cord, a new tube of toothpaste or a
cold remedy, it can easily be found. The tourist areas don't have
to be "off limits" to locals. Employees of businesses in
these busy areas can walk—instead of drive— to a store
that meets their daily needs. This preserves the hometown feeling so
many of us want to protect in these areas. Each store provides jobs for
over a dozen people in its community, each store brings local vendors
and supply workers to the tourist areas, and each store helps to keep
the tourists coming back to the community. They like to feel at home.