<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Hello Krystal,</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">While our population is larger, one of our local business owners and board members successfully hosts our Small Business Saturday event. She coordinates with participating businesses, and for every $10 spent at these businesses, customers receive a raffle ticket. These tickets are then collected for a drawing to win a collection of items donated by the participating businesses. Our Downtown Association also contributes a "night on the town" prize, which includes $100 for a restaurant and $100 for a retail business of the winner's choice. Additionally, our local theater donates a pair of tickets.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">I've also learned about "Pink Friday," a nationwide movement that takes place the Friday before the<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"> Thanksgiving</span> holiday to encourage small business shopping before Black Friday. We haven't participated in this yet, but it's something we're considering for the future. It offers the benefit of being listed on a national map through The Boutique Hub, which could help promote your event and attract more visitors to your area. You can find more information here: [<a href="https://go.theboutiquehub.com/pinkfriday](https://go.theboutiquehub.com/pinkfriday)">https://go.theboutiquehub.com/pinkfriday](https://go.theboutiquehub.com/pinkfriday)</a></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table style="direction:ltr;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0;height:12px;line-height:0"></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr><td height="0" style="height:0;font-family:Arial;text-align:left"><p style="font-size:15px;margin:1px">With Gratitude,</p><p style="margin:1px"><img style="height:57px" 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you Tim! <br>
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I appreciate the extra details! </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> I was hoping to hear if anyone does anything in addition to that, or since your town is very small and maybe
limited on the number of businesses, if you add any extra features to the already existing program.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Abadi,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23);background:white">Krystal Stevens</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Abadi,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Timothy Bishop<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 29, 2025 4:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street Network Members <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Small Business Saturday<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Krystal, and all,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmainstreet.org%2fabout%2fpartner-collaborations%2famerican-express-neighborhood-champions&c=E,1,1DBOjFP0uXfis9tViHA1MJjf3wUMkJHAY5Rg8PmFZevUVTEEInKITqqz9LsqLIwZpw9IMdVy8cfYb7XmUUaxJUJ402o_qoh2nOuIMDDetA,,&typo=1" target="_blank">
https://mainstreet.org/about/partner-collaborations/american-express-neighborhood-champions</a> . If you subscribe to the Main Street America newsletter you should get a notice when registration opens this year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Great to see you planning early.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Timothy Bishop, CMSM<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">P.O. Box 670 / 1000 Adams Avenue</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">La Grande, OR 97850<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Krystal Grace Stevens<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 29, 2025 4:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OMS_MANAGERS] Small Business Saturday<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi Main Street Friends,<br>
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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.
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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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Abadi,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23);background:white">Krystal Stevens</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Abadi,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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