Local investment

It's as clear as the recycled window glass on which Anne Hopkins paints flowers and holiday scenes: Shopping locally for holiday gifts from the people who make them does more than just provide a "different" kind of present.

Hopkins, of Cato and owner of Forever Home, had her best sales of the season at the Cayuga Community College Annual Craft Show.

And that translates into tax revenue kept local, as well as support for Hopkins' fledgling business.