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How Gainesville retailers and business groups are preparing for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday
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Kristen Redmon, Main Street manager, puts up signs for Shop Gainesville in downtown Gainesville on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. Main Street is offering a coupon book for downtown businesses for Small Business Saturday on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele
Kristen Redmon was busy this week staking signs around the downtown Gainesville square encouraging people to buy local this holiday sales season. It’s an initiative that has broadened in recent years as Main Street Gainesville, the city’s marketing arm for downtown that Redmon manages, looks to unite local businesses and entice customers to treat Black Friday and Small Business Saturday as an experience that includes shopping, dining and family time.