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Shop Batavia on Small Business Saturday 2012

Start your holiday shopping at locally owned stores during Small Business Saturday.

Do you want to help boost the economy and this community?

Then you should do a little Small Business Saturday shopping.

Today, Nov. 24, is the third annual Small Business Saturday event. American Express founded the day in 2010 to help small businesses get exposure during the holiday season, when they might be otherwise overlooked.

With retailers buzzing around the holidays, it is important to support local small businesses that rely on their neighbors in order to continue prospering and building the local economy here in Batavia.

There's no shortage of local businesses that you can support today or at some point during the holiday season. Here's a brief rundown of what's in town.

Know a local business we don't have on this list? Please include it in the 'Comments' section below this story. Thanks for reading!

HEY! What about local restaurants? See this list of Batavia restaurant Facebook pages.

  • All Spoked Up
  • The Attic Christian Arts Center
  • Batavia Academy of Dance
  • Batavia Floral & Gift Shoppe
  • Computer Plus
  • Elan Hair Salon
  • Foltos Tonsorial Parlor
  • For All Occasions
  • Hix Bros. Music
  • Instrument Exchange
  • K. Hollis Jewelers
  • Kiss the Sky
  • Music Matters
  • Olmstead's TV
  • Prairie Path Cycles
  • Prairie Shop Quilts
  • R Kids Closet
  • Robbins Flowers
  • Shear Ambition Hair Salon
  • Sophistication
  • Special Occasions On The Avenue
  • Terri's Treasures
  • Urban Style Salon & Spa
  • Water Street Studios

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Steve Warrenfeltz November 24, 2012 at 04:56 pm
Thanx for including the only independent record store within 20 miles of Batavia ... Kiss The Sky ... located within the beautiful friendly confines of downtown Batavia ... not to mention Water Street Art Studios!!!
Steve Warrenfeltz November 24, 2012 at 05:00 pm
Close to 60% of all revenue generated by local independent business gets recirculated within the local economy, while less than 25% of the revenue generated by National Chain Stores is recirculated within that same local economy ... and guess how much of that money that is spent with on-line stores such as Amazon is recirculated within your local economy? ... that's right! ... pretty close to nothing!!!
Charles Menchaca (Editor) November 24, 2012 at 06:53 pm
Steve, thanks for these comments. You and WSS were definitely on my mind for this. I am responding from a mobile now. As soon as I get to a computer this afternoon, I will add you guys. We support all Batavia businesses! -Charles
Charles Menchaca (Editor) November 24, 2012 at 09:07 pm
KTS and WSS were added to the list. All set!
Sally November 27, 2012 at 06:02 pm
This town needs more stores for shopping and then maybe would recreate more in our downtown, like Aurora, Geneva and St. Charles. Those towns have a mixture. People go out and walk around the shops and stop in a restaurant for a bite to eat. Our town is full of restaurants, not much downtown shopping here. I believe our businesses downtown would do more revenue if we had the mixture as well.
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Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
Nancy June 14, 2013 at 05:03 pm
Who monitors these posts? This town has some strange birds! I think too much limestone dust??
2012 Market
Susan Atkinson June 9, 2013 at 07:03 am
I went to the Farmers' Market on River St. this Saturday and was very impressed. It looks so nice onRead More the newly refurbished River St. Had some gelato at the new restaurant O' Sole Mio and it was very good. Love the new location for the Farmers' Market! Downtown Batavia is Rockin!
Curt Rice June 7, 2013 at 04:03 pm
My schildren were asked to take this survey and both did. If the school board wanted an accurate andRead More fair assesment on what is going on at the school the would have eliminated the students name at the top. How many highschoolers do they really think were going to admit to using alcohol of drugs with their name embossed right on top?
Jeff Johns June 7, 2013 at 08:47 pm
A survey.....A survey with the student's name in on it asking them to admit to illegal activity?????Read More How can school administrators approve this before it was implemented. The trust that students have with their teachers and counselors has been breached and this has turned into a farce. (This reminds me of my fifth grade PE teacher who had me and over 60 of my classmates right certain letters on paper taped on the bathroom wall when someone wrote 4 LETTER WORDS above the urinals. No ones writing matched. Don't figure) Although there are many students that could benefit from counseling or intervention thinking that they would come forward through a piece of paper is....well, not smart. I attended public schools my whole life and never heard of anything like this. I compliment the teachers and counselors at BHS for the outstanding education my child has received. Constitutional rights or not this was just wrong. I support and thank the teacher for conveying this to the students. How many other teachers were put in an ackward position instructing there students to take the survey? How many reviewed this with there department heads and principals? This is being hushed by 101. Administrators and School Board, you need more communication with your teachers and potential implications to students. Very Embarassing....
Nancy Murphy June 14, 2013 at 01:00 pm
This entire ordeal has made national news and consequently, the Batavia USD 101 looks ridiculous -Read More at best - downright evil at worst. It was on the Drudge Report and went viral on-line: http://chicagolampoon.blogspot.com/2013/06/batavia-usd-101-educrats-piss-on-us.html Thanks for the info as to the 1 intellectually honest board member, Jon Gaspar - the rest can't really be considered real Americans.