BAY CITY, MI – Some business owners in downtown Bay City are upset by the city’s recent decision to change standard traffic lights at the district’s main intersections to flashing yellow and red signals. The Bay City Commission unanimously approved a traffic control order in November based on an engineering […]
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Downtown merchants extending their hours for holiday shopping | News, Sports, Jobs
MARK NANCE/Sun-Gazette A few stores make sure customers know that they are open for business during the holiday season. The spirit of holiday shopping in downtown Williamsport is alive and well. Through Christmas, the Williamsport Parking Authority will allow free parking from 3 p.m. through the evening […]
Locals make Small Business Saturday count in Downtown Knoxville
Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s an important day that helps emphasize the need to support locally-owned small businesses nationwide. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Small business Saturday occurs every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s an important day that helps emphasize […]
Small Business Saturday kicks off critical holiday shopping season downtown | Local News
Small Business Saturday has been a thing for a decade. American Express launched it in 2010 — on the heels of a recession — to encourage spending holiday shopping dollars at small businesses. Small Business Saturday 2020 falls on Nov. 28 — and in the middle of a pandemic. “It’s […]
Downtown Sumner to get burst of local investment
Sumner’s downtown is prospering and a recent designation by the state could further the local growth. After more than five years of trying, the Sumner Main Street Association was named an official Main Street Community. The state accredited Sumner this month, which allows the association to collect business and occupation […]
Downtown Sacramento is hit hard by coronavirus and violence. How does it make a comeback?
Peter Navin was still cleaning shattered glass out of his downtown Sacramento clothing store late last week. People passing by were bringing him neckties, brass buttons and other goods they found strewn on the grass outside. All the while, the 72-year-old clothier was pondering the future of his business, Navin’s […]