Voting for the 2009 Beauty & Wellness All Stars begins this week! Spring is here and we bet you’re thinking about getting in shape and looking your best after a long cold winter. With that in mind, it’s time to vote for your favorite local beauty and wellness businesses like gyms, makeup stores, salons and [...] [...more]
CitySquares’ customer, Model Ace Hardware in Allston, MA is celebrating their 50th Anniversary of family ownership! Owner, Bob Webber grew up in the Allston/ Brighton area and remains a staple in the community not only through owning a local business but also through his involvement with the Allston Board of Trade and Allston Village Main [...] [...more]
As we rang in 2009 over here at CitySquares we also wrapped up our Shopping All Star competition. Throughout the biggest shopping season of the year, you voted for your favorite local shopping destinations and we are thrilled to announce our Top 10 Shopping All Stars!
Habit – Best Boutique and Overall Shopping All Star Winner
Stained [...] [...more]
Yesterday I attended a press conference held at CitySquares customer, Model Ace Hardware in Allston. Mayor Menino was there to announce the city’s new Boston Buying Power initiative. If you haven’t heard about Boston Buying Power yet, than listen up! This truly is exciting news for local businesses.
Boston Buying Power is an energy buying group [...] [...more]
CitySquares is proud to unleash our newest Shopping All Star Contest! With the holidays around the corner we’re sure you’ll be doing some local shopping. Help out your favorite stores by voting to make them an All Star. Whether your favorite local shop is a boutique, bodega, or a bookstore you can find them on [...] [...more]
With July now in full swing, it’s time for our final update on the Buy Local Challenge. For those of you who haven’t been following it, we here at CitySquares gave ourselves a challenge to buy only from local businesses for the month of June. Below are words from my fellow CitySquares staff members.
“Even though [...] [...more]
Buying local is what CitySquares is all about. We talk about buying local with our customers and with community members daily. Earlier this month, we gave ourselves a challenge, to buy only from local businesses for the month of June. While there have been some mishaps (it’s called a challenge for a reason) I’m happy [...] [...more]
At CitySquares we do a lot of talking about buying local. In fact, that’s part of our brand. Everyone on staff here really has a heart for local businesses. We work with them each and every day, hundreds of them. They’re the life-blood of our local economies, and of our neighborhoods. But how many of [...] [...more]