Mayor Menino Declares November 27th “Small Business Saturday”

On November 16th, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino signed a proclamation formalizing November 27th, which falls between what is traditionally two of the busiest shopping days of the year, “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday", as "Small Business Saturday", to help highlight the importance of supporting the city's small businesses. "Small Business Saturday" encouraged customers to patronize locally-owned businesses that contribute …