Downtown Winter Festival and Tree Lighting-Saturday, November 29th Glen Cove Downtown BID Celebrates Small Business Saturday with the 'Downtown Playbook'

– Today the Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District (B.I.D.) announced its participation in the fifth annual Small Business Saturday on November 29th to support independent businesses in downtown Glen Cove. Founded by in American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday® is a day to celebrate the small businesses that help support your neighborhood and is held every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Now in its fifth year, Small Business Saturday has been embraced as part of the holiday shopping tradition as each year shoppers, businesses and public officials come together to Shop Small® and show their neighborhood pride.

Understanding the important contributions small businesses make to their communities, the Glen Cove Downtown B.I.D. is pleased to announce our participation in Small Business Saturday and the Neighborhood Champion program. On November 29th from 1:30 to 5:30 PM, the greater Glen Cove and surrounding area is encouraged to take part in our Small Business Saturday tree lighting and “Play Downtown” campaign at the intersection of Glen and Bridge Streets. The event will feature free horse and carriage rides (rides end at 3:45 pm), photos with Santa, visit by Santa on the Fire Truck, entertainment, free hot cocoa. In addition the Downtown B.I.D. will kick-off its month-long “Play Downtown” campaign by distributing the “Downtown Playbook,” filled with great shopping discounts and free gifts offered by participating downtown businesses. The campaign will end with a lucky Playbook holder winning a $500 lottery. Be sure to stop by to support local businesses and receive Shop Small® giveaways like tote bags, buttons and balloons.

American Express created the Neighborhood Champions program to help rally communities around Small Business Saturday and is working alongside numerous business organizations to support local Small Business Saturday celebrations throughout the country.

“The Downtown Business Improvement District traditionally holds its annual tree lighting and winter events as part of a kick-off to bring shoppers downtown. We are using the American Express Small Business Saturday campaign to get folks to come and ‘Play Downtown,’” according to Francine Koehler, the Downtown B.I.D.’s Executive Director. “We hope people will come on down and get to know our business owners and what we have to offer.”

Small business owners can learn more about taking part in Small Business Saturday and download free marketing materials on www.shopsmall.com. Consumers can also visit the site to find small merchants to shop at on Small Business Saturday.Photo courtesy of Mark Deutsch Photographics.

For further information, please contact the Glen Cove Downtown BID office at

516-759-6970, email the office at: info@glencovedowntown.org or visit the BID

website at: www.glencovedowntown.org.