Our Chamber President, Erica Pangburn, is challenging all Chamber Members to spend $100 of their holiday shopping budget at a locally-owned, independent business this year. We often talk about how supporting locally-owned Denton businesses is what keeps us unique and what keeps us “Denton”. Here is the bitter pill: THIS year, especially, shopping local is what is going to keep our Denton businesses ALIVE. Wanna know something else? We do not have to choose between safety and commerce.