West Reading Community Revitalization Foundation<\/a>, will be set up on North 6th Avenue. Shoppers can pay $5 to spin, and every spin wins a prize.<\/p>\n\u201cWe had a spin wheel created for Small Business Saturday to promote the Avenue, the Foundation, and the camaraderie,\u201d said Brian Adams, owner of The Art Room in West Reading.<\/p>\n
Prizes range from $5 to $50 gift cards, with a handful of $100 gift cards mixed in. There are also full-size candles, ornaments, coffee, boutique products and items donated from shops all along Penn Avenue.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody\u2019s a winner,\u201d Adams said. \u201cThe gifts are $5 to $50 gift cards. There are some $100 gift cards and products from all over the Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each number on the wheel matches a set of bags filled with surprise items.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when you spin a number, you pick from one of the bags and you get a special prize,\u201d said Cara Zurek, owner of Tinsel & Twig.<\/p>\n
Business owners say this Small Business Saturday comes at a crucial time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little tougher right now, which is why we\u2019re very excited about tomorrow\u2019s kickoff,\u201d said Allison Shannon, owner of Allison Clothing Co. \u201cWe could really use a local boost for sure. It\u2019s not like it used to be before COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n
The West Reading Community Revitalization Foundation recently reactivated its Promotions and Marketing Committee, bringing together nine business owners to help strengthen local events and support merchants.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince it\u2019s been reenacted, the events have been bigger, the camaraderie has been stronger, and participation is back in a way we haven\u2019t seen in years,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n
Small Business Saturday begins at 10 a.m., with the prize wheel, local vendors, and specials throughout the Avenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST READING, Pa. – Small Business Saturday is getting a big boost in West Reading this year, thanks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28019,28018,28020,22306,28,736,128,130,129,707,28017],"class_list":{"0":"post-48033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-allison-clothing-co","9":"tag-brian-adams","10":"tag-cara-zurek","11":"tag-gift","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-reading","14":"tag-reading-city","15":"tag-reading-city-headlines","16":"tag-reading-city-news","17":"tag-west-reading","18":"tag-west-reading-community-revitalization-foundation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}