SMALL BUSINESS CHALLENGE
The CHALLENGE:
For the month of May can you shop and dine using only small businesses?
TAKE THE CHALLENGE
Are you ready to go loco on the local? Sign our pledge and once a day we’ll send you amazing small businesses to visit!
SHOP LOCAL
There are so many wonderful small businesses in San Francisco. Check out these directories of small businesses.
USE OUR HASHTAG!
It takes more than a village, it takes hashtags, lots of hashtags! When you visit your favorite business use #SmallBizChallenge
WHERE DO I SHOP?
We are so glad you asked!! Here are some great directories of local businesses to check out:
Shop And Dine The 49
Black Owned Businesses
Independent Bookstores
Independent Fitness Studios
Legacy Business Registry
Japantown
SF Loma – Locally owned and managed businesses
SF Made – Made in SF
Yelp SF Collections
POST OUR FLYER
We have this wonderful flyer (with artwork by local artist Christine Weibel) and we’ll happily drop off copies at your store, or you can print out a copy yourself! HERE IS A LINK TO THE PDF:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yuzpfuNJOMY1xcRE_qqQb7u4IkaQ0ssp/view?usp=sharing
CHallenge Coins
Tag your favorite business on your favorite social media platform and you just might win some prizes, or have other wonderful things happen to you. We’ve got a few of these collectible challenge coins we’ll be giving away to people we spot using the hashtag online, and there’s more prizes on the way!!
PRESS
Launch Press Conference – Mayor Breed Launches the Small Business Challenge
ABC 7 – SF launches 30 day challenge to encourage local support of struggling small businesses
KTVU 2 – San Francisco Small Business Week kicks off
SF Chronicle – Breed challenges San Franciscans to only patronize city’s pandemic-battered small businesses
SFist – San Francisco Mayor Challenges Residents To Buy From Small Businesses
