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Old Town Monrovia Merchants Plan Black Friday Push
Santa Claus will visit South Myrtle Avenue on Friday.
Business owners in Old Town plan to give big box retailers a run for the shopping money, with many stores opening for black Friday and offering specials and deals.
Santa Claus will make an appearance on Myrtle Avenue Friday.
Free kids craft stations, special in-store events, and a Spark of Love Toy Drive in the 400 block of South Myrtle Avenue are also planned for Friday and Saturday, according to the Old Town Monrovia website.
Old Town Monrovia also has a Facebook page that is updated with various sales and specials business owners plan to offer to get residents to shop in town.
The push by the merchants is not just for Black Friday. Small Business Saturday is this weekend, and the City Council recently proclaimed December "Shop in Monrovia Month."
"Forget the mall...relax with us," retailers wrote on the Facebook site, also emphasizing how shopping local helps benefit the community economically.
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