[OMS_MANAGERS] Small Business Saturday

[Timothy Bishop]

Krystal, and all,

Main Street America and American Express do a great job of providing lots of really great tips for promoting Small Business Saturday Every Year.  The Neighborhood Champions program is a great resource to stay in the loop on latest updates.  Registration isn't open for 2025 yet but you can find past articles and resources at the link https://mainstreet.org/about/partner-collaborations/american-express-neighborhood-champions . If you subscribe to the Main Street America newsletter you should get a notice when registration opens this year.

In addition to limited free merchandise (Bags , sticker, decals, etc...) the Neighborhood Champion program also provides some great digital assets that you can download and easily customize for local efforts and the link above has several great articles about how to implement a local campaign.

Great to see you planning early.


Timothy Bishop, CMSM
Economic Development Director
City of La Grande - Economic Development Department
P.O. Box 670 / 1000 Adams Avenue
La Grande, OR  97850
tbishop at cityoflagrande.org<mailto:tbishop at cityoflagrande.org>
Office:  541-962-1308
Cell: 541-962-5994
Fax: 541-963-3333
Web www.lagrandeed.com<http://www.lagrandeed.com/>


From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> On Behalf Of Krystal Grace Stevens
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 4:31 PM
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Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Small Business Saturday

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Hi Main Street Friends,

I wanted to reach out and see which of you participate in Small Business Saturday? The Saturday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday? We would like to do something for it this year, but we are so small and don't have a ton of downtown businesses. We're considering how we can promote shopping local and also get creative with possibly other ideas to draw crowds to our downtown during the event.

Are there any cities with populations lower than 5,000 that participate in this event? I'd love to hear what you do for it in your towns.

Thanks so much!
Krystal Stevens
Deputy City Recorder & Municipal Court Clerk
City of Willamina
503-876-2242
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