This Holiday Season #shoplocal and #shopsmall
The majority of people who live and work in Oakland and San Francisco work for small companies and organizations. It’s important as we get closer to a big shopping season…
Shop Local This Holiday Season
This post was originally posted on our blog on November 23, 2016. We hope you’ll join us in #shoppingsmall this holiday season, too! This holiday season, we’re thrilled to…
Meet our clients: Fair Game
Fair Game is a video game store located in Sacramento that offers retro games, old consoles, collector items, and much more. Terry Watts, a marine corp veteran, runs the store…
Meet our clients: Alicia K Designs
Alicia K Designs is a boutique full-service event design and production company that turns weddings, corporate events, and social gatherings into extraordinary events. Founded by Alicia herself, she works with…
Meet our clients: Las Marianas Food Truck
Rosa Martin, the owner of Las Marianas Food Truck, started out as a brick and mortar restaurant, but as rent prices increased, she turned to Main Street Launch for additional…
Back to School
Main Street Launch’s Intern – Development & Fundraising Brooke Solomon offers some local options for back to school shopping and errands. Visit our client map to find more local businesses…
Shop Small: Holiday Gift Guide 2016
As you shop for holiday gifts, consider choosing to #shoplocal for some of your gifts. Buying local has a big impact on our neighborhoods and communities: More tax revenue, for…
Don’t Shop on Thanksgiving Day
Happy Thanksgiving! We’re thrilled to be celebrating with our loved ones, and we hope you are too. While you think about your holiday shopping, consider #shoppingsmall to support your neighbors…
Ideas to #ShopSmall and #ShopLocal
We’re proud to support a lot of different kinds of local businesses in our work. If you’re looking for holiday gift ideas, check out our Borrower Map for the closest shopping to your neighborhood.
#ShopSmall and #ShopLocal this Holiday Season
By now we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving, participated in Plaid Friday, shopped on Small Business Saturday, and hit up online retailers on Cyber Monday. For all your shopping needs for the remainder of the holiday season, consider shopping small. In Oakland and San Francisco, there are some useful maps and guides to figure out where to shop.