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Founded by American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday takes place each year on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. American Express started the shopping event in an effort to boost spending at small businesses during the holiday season and help establishments remain open during the recession.

 

For this year's Small Business Saturday event, Downtown Businesses will be participating in a passport "Shop, Stamp, Share" campaign! Downtown shoppers will receive a stamp on their event sheets after purchasing an item from each designated business. Once all stamps are received, visitors will share a picture of their stamps to enter in a drawing for a chance to win a giveaway from local Downtown Bloomington businesses!

Passports can be picked up at select Downtown Bloomington businesses as well as the Downtown Bloomington Thanksgiving Farmers' Market!

Shoppers will have one week to participate in the passport event before winners are chosen! Make sure to post or turn in your passports by Friday, December 6th, during Downtown Bloomington's Once Upon a Holiday First Friday/Tree Lighting event!

 

Step 1: Shop!

Celebrate the official start to Small Business Saturday on Saturday, November 30th! Start shopping at your favorite Downtown shops for all of your holiday gifts! Shoppers will have one week to use their passports. The last day to use your passports will be Friday, December 6th!

Step 2: Stamp!

After each purchase at a participating Downtown Bloomington shop, collect a stamp within this booklet! Stamps will only be given when an item is purchased from the corresponding store, service, or restaurant!

Step 3: Share!

Once all your shopping, dining, and unwinding is done for the week of the event, share your passport with us by posting a picture of all your stamps and tagging Downtown Bloomington! Sharing will enter shoppers into a drawing for a gift basket of Downtown Bloomington goodies provided by all of your favorite Downtown businesses!

For those who don’t have social media or prefer not to post, turn your passports into any of the participating Downtown businesses! This will also enter you into the drawing for the giveaway!

 

List of Participating Businesses (Map of Businesses): 

2 FruGALS Thrift

715 Custom Jewelry & Engraving

Angel Ambrose Fine Art Studio & Creative Space

Art Vortex Studio

Antiques & Uniques

Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts

Bloomington Spice Works

Bobzbay Books

Coffee Hound Cafe

Crossroads Fair Trades Goods & Gifts

Gingko Tree Healing & Education

Grossinger Motors Arena

Herb Eaton Studio Gallery

Inside Out Accessible Art (IOAA)

Ivy Lane Bakery

Kilarney's Irish Pub

La La Boutique

Main Street Yoga & Von Champs Boutique

Mandy Roeing Fine Art Studio & Gallery

Martinell's Market

McLean County Museum of History

Midnight's Shadow Spells & Brews

Our Favorite Things Boutique

Pollen & Pastry

Reckless Saint

Red Raccoon Games

Refine 309

Rice N Spice Indian Grill

Rooted Studios

Shake it Up Cocktail Lounge & Eatery

Specs Around Town

The Bistro

The Hangar Art Co.

The Mystic Kitchen & Tasting Room

The Painted Wraith Curiosity Shoppe

The Velvet Daisy Shoppe

The Yarn Garden

Threshold to Hope

Vera & Buck Floral

Windy City Wieners