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Support Your Favorite Small Business With a Patch Shout-Out
With Small Business Saturday coming this weekend, you can help drive feet—and wallets—to your favorite independent business.

You might be the type who finds sleeping on a freezing sidewalk for the best Black Friday deals exciting. Or perhaps you've already started working out your mouse-clicking finger for Cyber Monday. But if neither scenario appeals to you, there is an alternative—Small Business Saturday.
Small Business Saturday comes at the beginning of the big holiday shopping sprint—this Saturday—and encourages shoppers not to bypass Main Street for the mega-mall.
Towson Patch would love to hear which small businesses you can't live without in Towson. Is it one of the salons on Allegheny Avenue? How about the clothing boutiques like ? Do you chat with friends over smoothies at or grab a bite at
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Tell us in the comments below which independently owned business is a must for shoppers this Saturday and why. Your shout-out could help a sector of our economy that has created 65 percent of the net new jobs over the last 17 years.
So when you must get your nails done just right, discover that perfect bottle of wine or have a craving for an amazing sandwich, where do you go time and time again?
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