This Small Business Saturday we implemented some exciting changes. The new Welcome Center will be located at the Chamber Building on Saturday, November 25th, 2023 from 9am – 3pm. This will be shoppers first stop as they travel thru Hobart to pick up their passport. We have 20 participating businesses offering a ton of special deals for the day which will provide shoppers along with a map of the downtown area in their Welcome Packet.
Also at the Chamber building we will host a couple of pop-up shops as well as vendors with promotional info. There will be 6 vendors inside. Plus the chamber has invited 3 food trucks to sit in the parking lot! The Chamber will be decorated for Christmas and everyone will have the chance to take a photo home from the photo booth!
Shoppers will return their stamped passport for a chance to win a gift basket from a number of generous donors from local businesses. The entire event will be from 9a-3p all throughout downtown Hobart.
2023 Particpating Bingo Card participants are:
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