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...The idea started with Jim Black, a resident of Chagrin Falls, a close-knit village in Cleveland's eastern suburbs that is part artist colony and part bedroom community. Black posted the email to a group of his friends. "Let's show our support for one of our local businesses," he wrote. "I challenge everyone to spend AT LEAST $20 at the hardware on the 21st."

Although his email referred to the idea of a "Cash Mob" or the notion to "Occupy CF Hardware," he really had no political agenda. And it wasn't meant as a protest against the big-box stores that have created an ever-tightening circle around the community...
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Awww...that brought a tear to my eye. What sweet people. I hope they continue to patronize the store...make it the thing to do, as it were. I personally LOVE to shop smaller if I can. It's much easier than going to a big box (although I do love me some Homey Depot). Everybody thinks small stores can't compete with big box stores, but I say they can...perhaps not on selection and price, but they can DEFINITELY do it on service and convenience. Those who do succeed. Great story.
 
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