{"id":409867,"date":"2025-11-28T04:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/409867\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T04:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:35:17","slug":"heres-how-you-can-support-local-businesses-during-small-business-saturday-in-downtown-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/409867\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how you can support local businesses during Small Business Saturday in downtown Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 Downtown Jacksonville is currently experiencing a wave of development, but amid all of it, the city still wants to make sure it shines a spotlight on small businesses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Saturday, Nov. 29, <a href=\"https:\/\/dtjax.com\/small-business-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dtjax.com\/small-business-saturday\/\">the city wants its residents to participate in Small Business Saturday,<\/a> which takes place annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, by exploring businesses in the area and acquiring their services or enjoying a meal at a local dining establishment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Residents can also give the gift of the downtown Jacksonville experience by purchasing a #DTJax e-Gift Card for a friend or family member. <\/p>\n<p>Passport locations for Small Business Saturday provided by Downtown Vision (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cFollow your favorite local spots on social media and share their posts with your friends and family,\u201d the city also recommends. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Downtown Vision,<a href=\"https:\/\/dtjax.com\/about-dvi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dtjax.com\/about-dvi\/\"> a nonprofit funded primarily by downtown\u2019s property owners,<\/a> also recommends that those who wish to participate in Small Business Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/dtjax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dtjax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2.png\">download their 2025 Passport<\/a>, which will provide a list of locations for people to visit that can allow them to fully immerse themselves in the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Locations on the passport include Bellwether, Sweet Pete\u2019s, Kanine Social, and the Jacksonville Light Boat Parade, which takes place in downtown Jacksonville later in the evening. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe encourage you to support the small businesses that help make our Downtown so great. Join us on November 29th, 2025, for this year\u2019s Small Business Saturday,\u201d Downtown Vision said. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Downtown Jacksonville is currently experiencing a wave of development, but amid all of it, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":357469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,18605,3188,723,7310,191675,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-409867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-downtown-jacksonville","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-small-business-saturday","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115625467954902051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}