 Right now at Appalachian Wireless, you can get the Samsung Galaxy S7 for just $99.99 and get a second one Service agreement is required on both devices serving you for the last 25 years with better service and bigger savings at today's Appalachian Wireless It's becoming more and more evident just how important local businesses are to the struggling economy Folks in Paintsville know that one of the best ways to help local businesses is to revive Main Street Main Street is very important and the local economy really survives when you reinvest in the Main Street The local merchants downtown shop locals are a big event right now And so we want people to come downtown and support these folks because when you do you pay for dance lessons You're paying for medical bills. You're putting food on your neighbor's table And that's what it's all about and when we can revive our downtown and have folks come in spend our money local That's the best thing helping out our friends and neighbors Paintsville's annual Christmas open house is an opportunity for the public to come downtown and find they can feel their Christmas wish list Right in their own backyard Main Street has always been gracious enough to bring the characters in during my open house just to visit around with everybody Open house is wonderful. I started that about six years ago and it is just grown and grown and grown I do it then we've got a boutique now downtown And then we've got two other Businesses that are antique places here that are also doing it the coffee shop is doing it and we're kind of just bringing the downtown back We're wanting everybody to know that we're here And you don't have to go to Huntington and Lexington and places like that because we do offer things here that you would be Very surprised if you came in the store just like you told me a minute ago When local people spend money with local people it not only boosts the local economy But it helps those in need as well What people doesn't realize is that all the churches all the other businesses that need help all through the year We donate so much and we give so much that we can't do it if if people doesn't buy from us Then there's no money there to do it. So the st. Jude's the sponsorships the this and that that the this town needs you know, there is no money there if you don't trade with us and They on town then, you know, there's no money to spread it all trickles downhill For more information on happenings in Painesville simply visit Paintsville Main Street Paintsville tourism and the historic SIP theater all on Facebook Reporting from Paintsville for EKB news. I'm Sean Allen