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New Flower Shop Open In Overton

Overton, NV - The flower shop in downtown Overton has opened again. Now called “The Front Porch”, the little shop opened on Friday, May 10.

The shop is filled with simple country charm. The display shelving is not typical retail fare, but rather it is rustic and homely furniture. The store is filled with simple little surprises; treasures that are on sale as gift items, home decor and fashion accessories. Read more...

Caring Corner

Sidney, MT - Although it began as a Christmas store, the Caring Corner Gift Shop at Sidney Health Center has evolved to be a very unique boutique style store with a good cause.

Started by Kay Ashcraft, the Christmas store was originally run out of a small office but became so popular it quickly grew to offer more than just Christmas stuff. Read more...

Garden Party Promotes 'Shop Local' Theme

Brush, CO - Customers from both near and far lined the streets of downtown Brush on April 25 after being enticed by a trio of local businesses that teamed up to organize and host a local Garden Party, highlighting each shop’s latest spring lines and seasonal items. Read more...

New Kind of Cash Mob Coming to Town

Jonesborough, TN - A successful marketing venture that encouraged people to shop locally in downtown Jonesborough last year is returning to Tennessee’s oldest town ­­— sort of.

Last year, town leaders created a weekly cash mob series in which area residents and guests were encouraged to come to a specific store on a certain Saturday and spend $20 to be eligible for prize giveaways. Read more...

Adams Natives Return Home to Open Vintage Traveler Home Decor Store

Adams, MA - A pair of town natives has moved back and put a dream into action by opening their own home decor shop on Park Street.

Paula and Chip Landry opened the Vintage Traveler at 43 Park St. last month and have enjoyed a steady stream of business ever since. Read more...

Former Wiscasset Teacher Opens Business

Wiscasset, ME - When Tanya Pomerleau was ready to move her upscale consignment boutique out of the space she was renting in Bath, she found just what she was looking for at 510 Bath Road in Wiscasset.

The move came with the bonus of returning to a town she was already fond of. Read more...

Chic on Market Street

Corning, NY - The definition of “posh” in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is “elegant, fashionable, typical of or intended for the upper class.”

Courtney Leonberger, the owner of Posh Boutique on 40 East Market Street in Corning, New York, definitely had this description in mind when she named her new clothing store. Read more...

Rockmart Florist and Gift Shop named as Polk's Small Business of the Year

Rockmart, AL - Rockmart Florist and Gift Shop was named as the Polk County Chamber of Commerce's 2012 Small Business of the Year.

The award was presented this morning at a breakfast hosted by the Polk Chamber in the fellowship hall of Cedartown's First United Methodist Church. Read more...

Big Push for Small Businesses

Dolgeville, NY - The ding of the door bell filters into the kitchen of a small bakery situated in this quaint village.

In the back of the Cakery Café, co-owner Lynn Burkdorf fashions a salad complete with leafy greens, mandarin oranges, cranberries and Asiago cheese. Read more...

This Goose Produced a Golden Egg in Rochester

Rochester, NH - When Barbara English first moved to SouthCoast from Whitman, it was the eighteenth-century house she bought in Rochester that brought her to the area. A real estate agent by training, English loved antique homes, and when she came to the area in 1987, she moved with the intention of also starting a shop that would become The Gingham Goose. Read more...