{"id":506699,"date":"2026-10-24T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506699\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T16:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:16:51","slug":"1000-shopping-prize-offered-in-this-small-oakland-county-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506699\/","title":{"rendered":"$1,000 shopping prize offered in this small Oakland County city"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2013 Rochester\u2019s annual Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday will return next month and so will the chance to win $1,000.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Downtown Development Authority organizes the events, inviting visitors to wear their favorite plaids on Friday, Nov. 27, while exploring the city\u2019s shops.<\/p>\n

\"plaidThe city invites people to wear their favorite plaids while shoppingPeg McNichol<\/p>\n

The Small Business Saturday tradition returns for the 17th year on Nov. 28. The DDA asks people to shop local and shop small.<\/p>\n

The DDA has encouraged small businesses to offer special discounts, promotions and giveaways during the two-day celebration, which includes a chance to win a $1,000 shopping spree. People can enter the contest by texting a photo of a Rochester shop\u2019s receipt and \u201cSHOPSMALL\u201d to (866) 603-4005. The winner will be contacted by Wednesday, Dec. 9.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s other holiday attractions include downtown Rochester\u2019s Big, Bright Light Show, which runs from 5 p.m. to midnight Nov. 23, 2026, through Jan. 17, 2027.<\/p>\n

Visit www.downtownrochestermi.com\/plaid-friday<\/a> and www.downtownrochestermi.com\/small-business-saturday<\/a> for details on discounts and other incentives. For a list of Merry & Bright businesses competing for the annual window design contest, visit www.downtownrochestermi.com\/holiday-window-contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2013 Rochester\u2019s annual Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday will return next month and so will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,195807],"class_list":["post-506699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-plaid-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}