• Habit – Best Boutique and Overall Shopping All Star Winner
• Stained Glass Works – Best Repair and Restoration
• Clothes Call – Best Stylist
• Ku De Ta – Best Women’s fashion
• French Dressing – Best Lingerie Boutique
• Chinook – Best Outdoor Clothing
• Twilight – Best Party Dress Boutique
• in-jean-ius – Best Denim Selection
• Dream on Futon – Best Furniture Store
• Brookline Booksmith – Best Bookstore

Congratulations to all the winners from the CitySquares Team and be on the look out for their All Star Winner decals in their windows, and their awards on their walls!

Our friend Joe Grafton at Somerville Local First sent along this little tid-bit and I thought I’d share it with you. It’s just yet another reminder of the benefits of shopping locally. When you spend your hard-earned bucks locally, that’s more money for the local economy. It’s a system that benefits everyone – there’s no downside. Check it out…

There’s a new study out, further quantifies the benefits of shopping locally.  It shows that if 600,000 residents shifted 10% of their shopping locally, the community would experience tremendous economic benefits, such as:

* 1600 jobs would be created
* There would be $137 Million in new economic activity
* There would be $50 Million in new wages earned

You can find the Exec Summary and Full Report here.

– Ben