so let's keep the local business
opportunities flowing in Small Business
Saturday is coming up and joining me is
mompreneur felicia right and jhamora
cooper the owner of your classroom LLC
and you guys put this together multiple
times a year and so tell us exactly what
Small Business Saturday is all about
well Small Business Saturday is actually
a national initiative it started in 2010
we've been doing it for jhamora did with
me last year we actually specifically
did it for Mom preneur we're opening it
up this year for awesome small business
owners but basically it's a way for the
community to support small businesses
like ours because you know our families
live here we put the money back into the
communities that we think it's important
for us to support small businesses we
see some of the items that will be on
display you guys are going to be a
kingdom Plaza Mall why is that the hub
for you guys I reached out to Felicia to
find out if she was having a small
business saturday marketplace she says
she had thought about it but had not
really began to make plans for it so I
suggested hey why not here at the mall
my store is located inside of Kingdom
Plaza Mall she said mm-hmm that sounds
pretty good so we began to work on that
idea of having it in the mall again lots
of businesses in the mall local
businesses like that will fit right into
that same idea of Small Business
Saturday so it just seemed to work out
really well for us this time and we were
talking you know early in our host chat
about like supporting our locals how
important is that I mean from a small
business aspect for sure but for
Jacksonville as a whole I think it's
very very important because as I stated
you know I have a family here my
daughters in school here I when somebody
supports me as a small business the
money goes back into the community so
it's almost like you're recycling about
where you live so I think it's very very
important and how important is it to
showcase to other small businesses that
the opportunity is there for growth
because you know people like might start
something but I'm scared of this but you
guys are giving people hope and
opportunity
platform to come out because the light
of them may not have a break of Mordor
for example I don't have a brick and
mortar so it gives me an opportunity to
be in a retail space to see how it is
and not only are we having our
businesses but we're able to support
other small business owners and maybe
those looking into getting into business
I'm giving them different resources and
tips for them to start their own
business if they want to and it helps
because here in Jacksonville is an
awesome small business community so like
you said before it gives others
encouragement to say ok this can be done
it is work most definitely and it is a
little bit more effort than you would
even imagine but it helps to see it to
know that ok it can't happen how people
can come in and they can shop but you
guys have a lot of other stuff that you
know cuz maybe some of the kids are like
me and aren't big shopper but they can
come in you guys have some stuff that'll
be a nice distraction for them basically
for the whole family right for the whole
family and we know a lot of you it's
Thanksgiving weekend so we know a lot of
people have family coming into town
bringing the whole family it's free and
open to the public there's a variety we
brought some of our things today and
these are some of my things on this side
I actually did two signature bags this
holiday season I'm wanting to inspire
and encourage women and girls of color
this one is actually named after my
daughter Savannah Reed she loves to read
so I actually I don't know if I have
those Saturday but they are available
online for pre-order and you get free
shipping and the jhamora has some things
from her store those are some of the
items that were in my store my store is
catered to those individuals that work
with kids pre-k through eighth grade
right so we brought the items that will
just kind of help them more so with
developing their science technology just
all those wonderful things to continue
to help them with learning well people
support your locals this Small Business
Saturday event will be held at Kingdom
Plaza Mall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
find out more information at SBS jacks
if dot eventbrite.com thank you guys for
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