Small Business SaturdayĮvery year in December, Small Business Saturday takes place. It’s a day when everyone is actively encouraged to shop with small, independent retailers and traders – those people who fill our Great British high streets with unique and individual shops. And it’s just those shops where you find interesting or handmade clothing, accessories or homewares that you won’t find in chain stores. So support our small businesses and shops in the run up to Christmas or indeed at any time of year, and help keep our British high streets Great! Dorset Clothingĭid you know that the clothing brands Animal and Brakeburn were both originally created in Poole? Dorset’s amazing scenery and landscapes not only inspire some of the brands designs but are also a natural playground for its staff to let loose and boost their creative juices.The formerly near-vacant, downtrodden 100, 200 and 300 blocks of east Main Street, are now home to a close-knit community of local businesses and a destination spot for Norman visitors. Main Street now has new businesses joining their local business army every year, and very few businesses leaving. New local businesses come for the camaraderie and several Main Street events bring in revenue to the area, said John Woods, President of Norman’s Chamber of Commerce. Main Street wasn’t always flourishing about 10 years ago it looked like the main drag of a ghost town. A $3 million downtown renovation in 20 brought the area back to life, according to a Norman Transcript article. The Downtown Norman Project committees got down and dirty renovating the street. The plan was to enhance the street as a roadway, with new lighting, replace old infrastructure and make the areas over businesses able to be lofts, according to The Transcript article.
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Private and public funds banded together to add about 135,500 square feet of new retail space, 107,700 square feet of new professional space and offices, 795 new parking spaces and 248 new residential units, according to The Transcript article. “It just saw the city was putting money and effort into downtown so the rest of the community, especially the downtown community, started putting effort into it,” said Stephen Koranda, Norman Convention & Visitors Bureau executive director. Woods said the cluster effect continues to grow the number of local businesses in the area.
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