
It has been A Year, hasn’t it?
Now’s your chance to show up for local neighborhoods and businesses with financial and moral support. Local Return is planning some cash mobs at popular local events.
What’s a cash mob? It’s an easy and fun way to show support for local businesses as a group. Here’s how to participate:
- Show up on one of these dates:
- Sunday, November 21, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Meet Your Makers Market
Hope & Main, Warren - Saturday, November 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Eat Drink RI Holiday Market at Blackbird Farm
660 Douglas Pike, Smithfield - Sunday, November 28, 12-1:30 p.m.
Warren Walkabout
Main Street, Warren - Saturday, December 4, 2-3:30 p.m.
Woonsocket Main Street Holiday Stroll
Market Square to Monument Square - Sunday, December 19, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Just In Time Art Sale
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center (admission fee required)
- Sunday, November 21, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Explore the charm of a local neighborhood, discover new-to-you locally-owned businesses, and meet your neighbors.
- If you can, spend some money to support the local businesses and take care of holiday shopping!
- Check in with Local Return to meet the people behind the pinwheel.
Rhode Island is lucky to have many bustling business districts, charming main streets, and neighborhood hubs, which means lots of opportunities to buy local. We encourage you to support them all, including:
Field of Artisans x Whalers Brewing Company: Holiday Series: Sundays, November 21-December 19
Celebrate Downcity, Providence: Saturdays, November 27-December 18
Artist Sunday: Sunday, November 28
Festival of Lights, Wickford Village: Thursday, December 2 – Sunday, December 5
Maker Marketplace, Rochambeau Public Library: Sunday, December 5
Hope Holiday Stroll, Hope Artiste Village, Pawtucket: Saturday, December 11
Meet Your Makers Holiday Market, Hope & Main, Warren: Sunday, December 19