LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Holiday deals are already popping up, and the Louisville Independent Business Alliance is encouraging you to shop local this holiday season.
They’re launching their Ho”LOU”days campaign.
The organization said local businesses help boost the economy, and they conserve energy and resources due to less fuel for transportation and less packaging.
They’re hosting an event on Shop Small Business Saturday, a nationally recognized day where people are encouraged to patronize local small businesses.
The event will play host to small businesses where you can shop for things like ornaments, jewelry and crafts.
Donald Taylor is a small business owner himself and sponsor of the event. He sat down in the WAVE studio to talk about why shopping local is so important.
“I think it’s really important not just for Small Business Saturday but throughout the year, when you of all the little league sports, when you think of all the dance teams, all those kinds of competitions and when you ask for donations and auction items you come to the local small businesses because we believe in our community and we need you to believe in us as well,” Taylor said. “It’s that cyclical relationship, so I think it’s really important throughout the year and especially for Small Business Saturday to reacquaint and reorient yourself with the small business community.“
The Small Business Saturday event is happening on Saturday, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the B.A. Colonial, located across from Iroquois Park.
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