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Small business owner Linda Fuller offers tips for expanding your services.

There are hundreds of small businesses in Plymouth. Some of them may be places you and your family frequent, businesses that have been in Plymouth for generations. And some may be your go-to places instead of national chains. Small business owner Linda Fuller is no stranger to starting a business from the ground up. In her recent interview with Patch Partners, a website connecting business owners to Patch in local communities, she offers insight into how she expanded her business’s services from just flowers to wine, beer and gourmet gift baskets at Lake Anne Florist in Reston, VA. Homework must be done first, she said. “Research what’s compatible with your own products and services, what the current trends are and what your competition is…

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Local Businesses Compete for Your Votes in Mission: Small Business

Eight small businesses in Plymouth are competing for a $250,000 grant in Mission: Small Business.

Chase credit card company and LivingSocial, an online business that offers daily deals and discounts, is offering small businesses across the country the chance to win a $250,000 grant. According to Mission: Small Business: Mission: Small Business℠ invites small business owners who have been in business for at least two years and have less than 100 employees to apply for a Grant for their business. Small business owners will be required to tell us why their business is unique, outline a proposed plan for utilizing the Grant to grow their business and describe how the business is involved with its community..... At the end of the voting period, small business applicants that have received 250 votes will have their applications evaluated and…

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Nominate Someone for the Difference Makers Awards

The Difference Makers awards will be held May 23, at the Celebrating Small Business event at the Indian Pond Country Club in Kingston. Nominate a small business owner

After an undeniably challenging period, conditions have clearly turned the corner in Massachusetts and businesses have been refining their models to keep up with the trends and challenges in our region. The rules of the game have changed and businesses must understand and respond to the current marketplace realities to best position themselves in this new economy. This event will honor and celebrate local Difference Makers that are positively impacting the South Shore and Plymouth business communities. These businesses and business leaders are making a difference in a variety of ways, including new product development, research and development, and growth of a business, group of businesses, health care institution, college or university, …

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Support Your Favorite Small Business With a Patch Shout-Out

Small Business Saturday is this weekend, shop local.

You might be the type who finds sleeping on a freezing sidewalk for the best Black Friday deals exciting. Or perhaps you've already started working out your mouse-clicking finger for Cyber Monday. Yet if neither scenario appeals to you, there is an alternative – Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday, conceived by American Express to help spotlight the efforts of local small businesses, comes at the beginning of the big holiday shopping sprint — tomorrow — and encourages shoppers not to bypass Main Street for the mega-mall. Plymouth Patch would love to hear which small businesses you can't live without in Plymouth. Tell us in the comments which independently owned business is a must for shoppers this Saturday and why. Your shout-…

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Margaret Carroll-Bergman

10:41 am on Friday, November 25, 2011

Donna, It sounds line a fun shop!   more ›

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PHOTOS: America's Hometown Thanksgiving Parade

The annual Thanksgiving Parade was a good one Saturday. Miss it? Want to see it again? Check out the photos.

The annual Thanksgiving Parade was a good one Saturday. Miss it? Want to see it again? Check out the photos.

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Thanksgiving Harvest Market on the Waterfront Sunday

More than 30 local farmers and food-makers will offer vegetables, fresh meats, preserves, sauces, and baked goods under a warm tent on the Waterfront Sunday.

Sunday, November 20, 11-4, during America's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration, meet over  30 local farmers and food-makers as you gather Thanksgiving feast ingredients to heap your board high! Prepare Thanksgiving weekend dinners using locally grown, fresh-from-the-farm fruits, vegetables, herbs, preserves, eggs, and grass-fed meats. Local food-makers will bring fresh cheese, homemade pasta, jams, sauces, honey, chowder, fish stew and a wide selection of baked goods: hearth, artisan, and home baked breads, buns, tarts, pies, and seasonal treats. Farm creations of fiber, wool, and beeswax, herbals, Bolga Baskets (with Friends of the Council on Aging) and floral table pieces will also be available.   For your convenience, Pre-orders of …

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