Article by Chelsea Rose published on WKFR 103.3

It’s 2020! Everything is unprecedented! Including the need to shop local. (Side note: I move that we ban the word unprecedented after we get to 2021. Who’s with me?) More seriously, supporting local business has never felt more important. Which is why Downtown Kalamazoo has decided to extend a national “holiday”.

Shop Small Saturday officially happens the day after Black Friday every year. But, since 2020 is a little different, the Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership has decided to extend Shop Small Saturday through most of December.

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