*NEW*
"Community Owned Stores
New Anchors for Older Main Streets"
National Trust for Historic Preservation
May/June 2008
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The Hometown
Advantage
Reviving Locally Owned Business
"Community
Owned Stores Provide an Alternative to Chains"
Slide Show: Buy
Local
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"Outside
the box: community-owned department stores an alternative to big-box
chain store"
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Community
Development Institute
"Testing
the Waters for a Possible Trend"
Info on Powell, WY. & Greenfield, MA
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"Investing
in Cooperative Retail"
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"Community
Owned Store Looking to Expand"
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| "Local
Matters: Why the Future Belongs to Place-Based Businesses, not
Big Boxes" |
Saranac
Lake Chamber of Commerce |
| "Powell
Mercantile Serves as a Model for Others" |
S.A.G.A.
Sound Adirondack Growth Alliance |
"Powell
Pulls Together"
(CBS
News Story, 2005) |
Save Saranac Lake Coalition |
| "Making
Merc Work" |
"Community
Stores Can Cut the Mustard for the Holidays" |
| "Small
Town Determination Pays Off" |
Livingstone
Mercantile
Livingstone, Montana
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| "For
Sale By Owners" |
Community-Owned
Department Stores Replace Chains
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| "Success
Story: Community-owned Mercantiles Lead the Way" |
"
Community-Owned Stores Provide an Alternative to Chains"
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| "When
Major Retailer Calls it Quits, Town Opts to Open Own Shop - Ely, NV" |
The
Greenfield Mercantile
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| "Torrington
Eyes Community-Owned Clothing Store" |
Stafford
Outfitters: A new community-owned store project in Stafford, CT
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| "Communities
Create Their Own Stores" |
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"Using
the Cooperative Model to Provide Basic Community Services in Rural
Areas: A Feasibility Study"
(pdf file - discusses
several variations of community owned stores, including an assessment
of the Powell store) |
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