Mayor Brandon M. Scott Presents 2022 Small Business Saturday on November 26, 2022. Small Business Saturday is a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities. Small businesses need our support now more than ever as they navigate, retool and pivot from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Scott and Alicia Wilson (Vice President of Economic Development, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System) will visit various local businesses around Baltimore City. Mayor Scott is encouraging Baltimore City residents to shop small and support local businesses from November 26th through December 24th.

The Mayor’s Office of Small, Minority and Women Business and Baltimore Main Streets in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System Office of Economic Development and Community Partnership are hosting this event to encourage Baltimore City residents to shop small and support local businesses located in Baltimore Main Streets districts.

 Share your experience on social media using the hashtag #BMore2Baltimore. See below for the list of local businesses that Mayor Scott and Alicia Wilson will visit.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    


             


The Baltimore Main Streets program is an approach to neighborhood revitalization by providing customized support and public resources to each district in order to attract new businesses and new jobs to the neighborhood. Baltimore has the third largest urban Main Streets program in the U.S., with nine fully designated communities. Each district’s Main Street program has a different strategy for spurring economic activity, but support may include marketing and event planning, financial assistance for design and promotions, architectural services for facade renovations, streetscape improvements, technical support, access to grants, and more.

Baltimore’s eight active Main Street programs are:

• Belair-Edison Main Street
   
• Fell’s Point Main Street
   
• Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street
   
• Highlandtown Main Street
   
• Historic Federal Hill Main Street
   
• Pennsylvania Avenue Main Street
   
• ​Pigtown Main Street
   
• ​Waverly Main Street

​From 2000-to 2014, through the Baltimore Main Streets program, 683 façade improvement grants were awarded in these nine neighborhoods, totaling nearly $3.6 million dollars. As there is a match component to these grants, this amount of public investment has generated approximately $12.9 million in private investment.

Baltimore Main Streets also organizes annually, Miracle on Main Streets, the country’s first city-wide holiday shopping promotion designed to encourage the public to shop in their local Main Streets for their holiday needs. The city-wide promotion draws thousands to Baltimore’s Main Street neighborhoods, with offerings of free parking and a unique holiday experience.

For more information on the Baltimore Main Streets program, please email Sean Stinnett.