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Small Business Saturday<br />
This Nov 26th,<br />
Choose to #Shop<strong>small</strong><br />
in Houston County<br />
A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO<br />
The Journal<br />
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Shop downtown<br />
Perry on<br />
Saturday, Nov. 26<br />
By Cather ine Edgemon<br />
Perry Main<br />
Street<br />
coordinator<br />
Perry officials and downtown <strong>business</strong> owners<br />
are encouraging shoppers to have a big impact<br />
on the local economy by shopping “<strong>small</strong>” on<br />
Small Business Saturday, Nov. 24.<br />
The event, which is downtown Perry’s fourth<br />
observance, is a partnership between the Perry<br />
Downtown Merchants Council and Perry Main<br />
Street Advisory Board. This year 17 <strong>business</strong>es<br />
are participating in the observance.<br />
“Small <strong>business</strong> is the backbone of not only the<br />
city, but the county, state and nation,” said Perry<br />
Mayor James E. Faircloth Jr. Faircloth views<br />
Small Business Saturday as an opportunity to<br />
recognize the role that <strong>small</strong> <strong>business</strong>es play in<br />
job creation, boosting the local economy and<br />
protecting neighborhoods, while supporting<br />
those <strong>business</strong>es.<br />
“Small <strong>business</strong>es provide the majority of jobs in<br />
any community,” Faircloth said. “Their growth,<br />
prosperity and expansion truly determine the<br />
success of a community.”<br />
Faircloth said he urges everyone to shop local,<br />
<strong>small</strong> <strong>business</strong>es first and to tell others of the<br />
positive experience they have shopping with<br />
Perry’s downtown retailers.<br />
“It (shopping locally) really does make a<br />
difference,” he explained.<br />
“Shopping <strong>small</strong> <strong>business</strong>es keeps our<br />
community healthy,” said Michelle Rhoades,<br />
owner of Mossy Creek Natural. “When you<br />
shop a <strong>small</strong> <strong>business</strong>, you help keep the revenue<br />
“We understand the<br />
responsibility of giving<br />
back and keeping our<br />
community strong,”<br />
dollars local so that the city can build more<br />
parks and create special events. You help the<br />
<strong>small</strong> <strong>business</strong> owner support local non-profit<br />
organizations.”<br />
Rhoades said she has also advertised locally to<br />
help local newspapers stay strong.<br />
“We understand the responsibility of giving back<br />
and keeping our community strong,” Rhoades<br />
said, explaining that her <strong>business</strong> has donated<br />
to or sponsored nearly a dozen local community<br />
groups and schools in 2018 through donations<br />
and fundraisers.<br />
Event organizers said they expect Nov. 24 to<br />
be one of the busiest shopping days ever in<br />
downtown Perry.<br />
Perry’s Main Street Program works closely<br />
with community partners and the city<br />
government to promote historic preservation<br />
advocacy, <strong>business</strong> recruitment and retention,<br />
beautification, marketing, events and many<br />
other efforts to ensure that that heart continues<br />
to be healthy.<br />
Thanks to property and <strong>business</strong> owners who<br />
had vision and loved the community enough<br />
to invest in downtown, they helped turn around<br />
the area to make it the attractive, bustling,<br />
commercial district that it is today.<br />
Trish Cossart, Perry Main Street Advisory Board<br />
chairman and the owner of Cossart Design,<br />
is proud to participate in an event that draws<br />
attention to the historic heart of the community<br />
and the <strong>business</strong>es located there.<br />
“When you shop locally with independentlyowned<br />
stores, almost half of every dollar you<br />
spend recirculates in the local community,”<br />
Cossart said. “These funds pay the salaries of<br />
people you know, allow the <strong>business</strong> owner<br />
to purchase goods and serves from other<br />
local <strong>business</strong>es, help local governments<br />
provide essential services and build a sense of<br />
community.”<br />
MORE ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY<br />
IN DOWNTOWN PERRY<br />
• Shops participating in the promotion, which<br />
are primarily on Carroll Street and neighboring<br />
streets in the historic downtown area, will be<br />
open on the Saturday after Thanksgiving from<br />
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br />
• Shoppers are urged to make the Perry Area<br />
Chamber of Commerce their first stop to pick<br />
up a shopping passport and “Shop Small” tote,<br />
while they last, at the welcome table.<br />
• Visit at least 10 participating merchants to<br />
receive a stamp for your passport. Shoppers<br />
turn in a completed passport at the welcome<br />
table. Collected, completed passports will be<br />
eligible for a drawing for $300 in downtown<br />
dollars.<br />
• No purchase is necessary to participate in the<br />
passport promotion.<br />
• In conjunction with this event, the Perry<br />
Farmers’ Market will also be open from 9 a.m.<br />
to 1 p.m. in the parking lot beside Bodega Brew<br />
at 1025 Ball Street.<br />
• For more information on the Perry Downtown<br />
Merchants Council and Small Business<br />
Saturday, visit www.perrygachamber.com or<br />
call (478) 987-1234.<br />
• For more information on the Perry Main Street<br />
Program, visit<br />
www.shopdowntownperry.com<br />
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Thanks to families being more spread<br />
out than ever before, today’s holiday<br />
shoppers must figure out ways to get<br />
holiday gifts to their destination on time.<br />
The holiday season tends to be the busiest<br />
time of year for many delivery services.<br />
The following tips should help shoppers<br />
ensure their loved ones’ gifts arrive on time.<br />
• Ship directly. Adobe Analytics reported<br />
that online shopping hit a record high of<br />
$108.2 billion in the 2017 holiday shopping<br />
season, and all indicators suggest online<br />
shopping will only increase in the years<br />
to come. Holiday shoppers who want to<br />
ensure their loved ones will receive their<br />
gifts on time can rely on online shopping.<br />
When checking out, have gifts shipped<br />
directly to loved ones’ homes. Many online<br />
retailers will even wrap gifts for a nominal<br />
fee.<br />
• Research shipping options. In 2018,<br />
Christmas falls on a Tuesday. Shoppers<br />
who plan to rely on two-day or overnight<br />
shipping should keep that in mind. Some<br />
delivery services may be open throughout<br />
the weekend before Christmas, while others<br />
may only be open on Saturday. Last-minute<br />
shoppers, whether they’re shopping online<br />
or in-person, should confirm their shipping<br />
options well in advance of Christmas.<br />
Because Christmas is on a Tuesday this<br />
year, getting gifts to their destination on<br />
time may require shoppers to purchase and<br />
ship them earlier than they otherwise might.<br />
insurance can ease shoppers’ concerns<br />
about lost or stolen packages. Just be sure<br />
to keep all invoices and receipts in case<br />
claims must be filed. Shoppers also should<br />
ask for tracking numbers on all packages<br />
so they can confirm when packages are<br />
delivered.<br />
• Properly secure the package. Many<br />
delivery services now have off-site drop-off<br />
boxes that can make it easy to send gifts.<br />
This is a convenient service, but shoppers<br />
who use them won’t be able to have a<br />
company employee provide in-person<br />
confirmation that their packages are secured<br />
to company standards. Poorly packaged<br />
items may never be shipped. Visit the<br />
shipping company’s website for packaging<br />
guidelines, and include a <strong>business</strong> card and<br />
duplicate label inside the package just in<br />
case it is damaged after being dropped off.<br />
• Purchase package insurance. Consumer<br />
Reports notes that UPS and FedEx<br />
shipments automatically come with<br />
declared-value coverage of up to $100.<br />
(Note: Declared value is the carrier’s<br />
maximum liability.) Purchasing additional<br />
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holiday safety<br />
When shopping how to be certain you’re<br />
buying safe toys this holiday season<br />
Few things compare to seeing the joy on a<br />
child’s face upon opening a holiday gift.<br />
Many adults remember holiday gifts they<br />
received as children, and holiday shoppers<br />
often try to look for gifts that will be just as<br />
memorable to the special youngsters in their<br />
lives.<br />
Shoppers might have kids’ smiles on their<br />
minds when holiday shopping, but it’s just<br />
as important to focus on safety when buying<br />
gifts for children. Prevent Blindness®, an<br />
organization devoted to ensuring everyone<br />
enjoys healthy vision from infancy through<br />
adulthood, offers the following tips to toy<br />
buyers who want to make sure they give safe<br />
gifts to kids this holiday season.<br />
Read all warnings and instructions on the<br />
box. Before taking a toy to the check<br />
out line, give the packaging a thorough readthrough,<br />
paying particular attention to product<br />
warnings and instructions. Such warnings are<br />
designed to keep kids safe. When buying toys<br />
online, only purchase toys that include the<br />
warnings within the product description.<br />
• Purchase age-appropriate toys. Kids’ toys<br />
come with age recommendations, which are<br />
typically listed on the front of the packaging.<br />
Stick to these recommendations. Kids might<br />
not have the ability to use toys designed for<br />
older children, and such toys might not be safe<br />
for them to use, so it’s always best to stick to<br />
the age guidelines.<br />
• Avoid<br />
certain toys.<br />
Toys with<br />
sharp or<br />
rigid points,<br />
spikes, rods,<br />
or dangerous<br />
edges can pose<br />
a threat to<br />
youngsters.<br />
Avoid such<br />
toys, opting<br />
for toys with<br />
rounded and/<br />
or dull edges<br />
instead.<br />
• Stick to<br />
sturdy toys.<br />
Kids do not often treat their toys delicately.<br />
Toys will be dropped or thrown, so choose<br />
sturdy toys that can withstand being dropped<br />
or thrown without breaking into tiny pieces.<br />
Tiny shards can pose a choking hazard to<br />
curious youngsters.<br />
• Purchase toys with the ASTM designation.<br />
ASTM International is an international<br />
standards organization that develops and<br />
publishes voluntary consensus technical<br />
standards for a wide range of products,<br />
including toys. Prevent Blindness notes that<br />
toys with the letters ASTM on the packaging<br />
have been tested and met the toy standards set<br />
for by ASTM.<br />
• Avoid toys with parts that shoot or fly off.<br />
These types of toys can damage the eyes and<br />
lead to other accidents or injuries.<br />
When shopping for toys for children this<br />
holiday season, shoppers must consider safety<br />
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