Skip the Black Friday crowds and support your local businesses on Small Business Saturday, November 29! In addition to promoting neighborhood establishments, you can also enjoy a leisurely shopping day in your own community and interact with neighbors and friends by participating in one of the exciting events going on around LA this year.
In Eagle Rock, the 4th Annual We Heart Eagle Rock Block Party, taking place from 11:00am – 6:00pm, will feature festivities and promotions at participating businesses on Eagle Rock and Colorado Boulevards. Look out for orange & white balloons outside participating businesses, or check out the map on their Facebook page.
Mar Vista will be hosting its own Pop-Up Mar Vista event from 1:00pm – 4:00pm on Venice Boulevard between Beethoven Street and Inglewood Blvd. Over 35 businesses along Venice Blvd will be participating, welcoming customers shopping for holiday gifts, enjoying art galleries, getting some pampering done, or just enjoying a stroll or bike ride. Each store will stamp the map every time someone comes in to shop or browse – and for every stamp on their map, customers will earn a raffle ticket for some terrific prizes donated by local merchants. If you ride a bike to any of the stores, you’ll earn an extra stamp on your map, which will earn you an extra raffle ticket, too!
Small businesses play a huge role in the U.S. economy and make up over 90% of firms, producing almost half of U.S. non-farm GDP and employing almost half of private sector workers. Additionally, 63% of the net new jobs created in the last two decades have come from small firms. They are also leaders in innovation and trade.
Small Business Saturday reminds you to patronize your local small businesses when shopping for holiday gifts, and year-round.
