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Community Involvement
Get Involved
Tips for connecting with the community beyond your walls to make a national franchise feel local.
By Michelle Hansen
How can you make a franchise feel less like a chain and more like a local business? My husband and I wrestled with this question as we prepared to open our first location in Thornton, Colo. Not only was this our first franchise endeavor, it was (and still is) Your Pie’s first location in the state of Colorado, and we were a little bit anxious about how it would be received by a community that loves all things local.