News coverage since The Community Store opened its doors on October 29, 2011.

National Media

•  A Town Creates Its Own Department Store – NY Times Sunday Edition (11/13/11)  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/business/a-town-in-new-york-creates-its-own-department-store.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Saranac%20Lake%20Community%20Store&st=cse

• A Store for the Town, by the Town – NY Times Slide Show (11/13/11)  http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/11/13/business/20111113-store.html?scp=4&sq=Saranac%20Lake%20Community%20Store&st=cse

• Column: If consumerism is down, what’s up?  Charleston Regional Business Journal  http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/41669-column-if-consumerism-is-down-what-rsquo-s-up

• Town Keeps Walmart Out, Opens New Store – CBS Early Show   http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7389401n&tag=contentMain%3BcontentBody

• Black Friday at The Community Store – The Takeaway on WNYC Radio   http://www.thetakeaway.org/2011/nov/25/different-option-black-friday/

• “Here and Now” on NPR – May 7, 2012  http://www.pri.org/stories/business/small-town-in-new-york-reveling-in-new-community-owned-department-store-9766.html

 

Local & Regional Media

• Community Store Opens Today – Adirondack Daily Enterprise http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/527411/Community-Store-opens-today.html

• Enthusiastic Opening for The Community Store – Adirondack Daily Enterprise  http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/527436/Enthusiastic-opening-for-Community-Store.html

• Community Store Opens in Saranac Lake – Denton Publications   http://www.denpubs.com/news/2011/oct/29/community-store-opens-saranac-lake/

• Saranac Lake Residents Open Their Own Department Store – Adirondack.net  http://www.adirondack.net/whatsnew/2011/12/saranac-lake-department-store.html

• The  Community Store in Saranac Lake Opens – Plattsburgh Press Republican  http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x2010689240/The-Community-Store-in-Saranac-Lake-opens

• Storefronts: One Community Store Dies, Another Opens – Times Union  http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/storefronts-one-co-op-dies-another-opens/10354/#.TrKtwcD5Hv8.facebook

• Buying underwear, and the store, in Saranac Lake – Watertown Daily Times  http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20111127/CURR04/711279984

• Owens Visits The Community Store – Adirondack Daily Enterprise  http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/527908/Owens-visits-Saranac-Lake-Community-Store.html

• Owens Adds to Community Store Accolades – No Country Public Radio  http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18822/20111123/owens-adds-to-community-store-accolades

• Editorial: Community Store re-defining image of small town America – Denton Publications                                                                 http://www.denpubs.com/news/2011/nov/29/community-store-re-defining-image-small-town-ameri/

• The Community Store: Investing in Neighbors – FOX 23 News  http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/The-Community-Store-Investing-in-neighbors/Vi-DJTmj-UWQYNccDWUnyA.cspx

• In Saranac, A Retail Alternative – New York Now on PBS                        http://video.wmht.org/video/2178094015

• Your Hometown: Saranac Lake – YNN   http://northernny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/565928/your-hometown—saranac-lake/

• New Saranac Lake Store – A Cooperative Effort – WCAX        http://www.wcax.com/story/16193340/new-saranac-lake-store-a-cooperative-effort

• Saranac Lake Residents Grow Their Own Community Store – Times Union  http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/A-channel-for-home-shopping-2266390.php