The closing of Schwartz Bookshops was hard news to swallow, especially considering that Schwartz is one of the founding members of Our Milwaukee. This article shares our - and probably most of Milwaukee’s - sentiments about the closing of a Milwaukee institution serving the community for the past 82 years. “What the loss of Schwartz Bookshops means” discusses the hard reasons Schwartz as well as a number of other local treasures have been forced to close their doors. Our Milwaukee is sited in the article as a resource of info about the community benefits of buying local and how spending locally is an investment in the community’s future.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/38564377.html

In additional news, Channel 12 did a small piece on Our Milwaukee and buying local which you can view at http://www.wisn.com/video/18604136/index.html.