The circle of spending: Where does your local dollar go?

Tiffany Blaner ECB Publishing, Inc.  It all starts with lunch. I’m hungry, so I head over to The Porch on the Green and grab something to eat. I pay for my lunch, head back to the Monticello News, then don’t give those dollars another thought. But what would we see if we followed them? Michelle and Rachel from The Porch decide to do a little shopping at the Monticello Plant Boutique. The money spent at The Porch is now helping support another local business just down the road. Th