JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Downtown Jacksonville is currently experiencing a wave of development, but amid all of it, the city still wants to make sure it shines a spotlight on small businesses. <\/p>\n
On Saturday, Nov. 29, the city wants its residents to participate in Small Business Saturday,<\/a> which takes place annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, by exploring businesses in the area and acquiring their services or enjoying a meal at a local dining establishment. <\/p>\n Residents can also give the gift of the downtown Jacksonville experience by purchasing a #DTJax e-Gift Card for a friend or family member. <\/p>\n Passport locations for Small Business Saturday provided by Downtown Vision (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n \u201cFollow your favorite local spots on social media and share their posts with your friends and family,\u201d the city also recommends. <\/p>\n Downtown Vision, a nonprofit funded primarily by downtown\u2019s property owners,<\/a> also recommends that those who wish to participate in Small Business Saturday download their 2025 Passport<\/a>, which will provide a list of locations for people to visit that can allow them to fully immerse themselves in the area. <\/p>\n Locations on the passport include Bellwether, Sweet Pete\u2019s, Kanine Social, and the Jacksonville Light Boat Parade, which takes place in downtown Jacksonville later in the evening. <\/p>\n \u201cWe encourage you to support the small businesses that help make our Downtown so great. Join us on November 29th, 2025, for this year\u2019s Small Business Saturday,\u201d Downtown Vision said. <\/p>\n Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Downtown Jacksonville is currently experiencing a wave of development, but amid all of it, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9000,116,118,117,36597],"class_list":["post-63147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-downtown-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-small-business-saturday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}