Small Business Saturday Offering Deals Tomorrow in Downtown Toccoa

While thousands of consumers are taking advantage of today’s Black Friday sales, Mainstreet Toccoa is reminding you that local shops downtown will be open for Small Business Saturday tomorrow.

First observed nationally in 2010, Small Business Saturday or Shop Small Saturday is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and e-commerce stores, according to Mainstreet spokesman Christian Hamilton.

“Small Business Saturday supports your local brick and mortars in your community,” he explained. “There’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday. So, Small Business Saturday fits nicely between the two mass market shopping days, and it supports your local jobs in the community and local that make your community a nice place to live.”

Hamilton said most of the shops downtown on Doyle St. will be open all day Saturday for shoppers to come and find the perfect gift.

There will also be live music on Doyle St. throughout the day.

And as a way to encourage people to come downtown to shop Saturday, Hamilton says every store that is open will be offering vouchers.

“At Main Street Toccoa we like to celebrate Small Business Saturday in style. We are working and partnering with our downtown businesses to provide a nice atmosphere for our shoppers on Saturday. We will be providing vouchers to any Main Street-sponsored performance at the Ritz Theatre,” Hamilton explained..”So, you can go into any downtown business Saturday and they will give you a voucher. Each business will determine how they want to distribute the vouchers.”

Hamilton said the response to Small Business Saturday from the community in years past has been good and they’re expecting another great day of local shopping tomorrow.