Refreshing Enthusiasm
Community shops reach regional finalist level in 2010 Rural Retail Awards
Regional finalists for the Rural Retail Awards have been announced by the Countryside Alliance - see http://www.countryside-alliance.org.uk/awards/ and there are quite a number of community shops amongst them.
In the South East two of the three shops listed as finalists in the Village Shop/Post Office category are community shops. Kirdford Village Stores in West Sussex opened in June 2010, and the Shop at Strood Green in Surrey opened March 2009.
