Columbia student reporters are reporting on local businesses throughout the holiday season, in cooperation with Local Chicago First and the “Buy Local” campaign. Please read and comment on their stories at
The Unwrap Chicago: Eat, Drink & Buy Local campaign is at its heart an education effort. We want the citizens of Chicago to understand the benefits provided by locally owned businesses: living wage jobs; economic vitality through recirculation of profits locally; environmental sustainability; community-specific goods and services; deep neighborhood participation, support, and accountability from business owners; and a unique sense of place that allows communities to attract patrons, keeping sales tax dollars in our city’s economy — and provide all of us with community meeting space and quality of life.
via Unwrap Chicago blog
Unwrap Chicago featuring stories by Journalism students from Columbia College Chicago. 
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