Plaid Friday & Plaid Week 2011
Shop Local This Holiday Season!
Next Year’s Plaid Friday: NOVEMBER 23, 2012
Thanks for a great Plaid Friday and Plaid Week, Fort Collins! Keep your eyes out for more plaid shenanigans throughout the year and stay tuned for Plaid Fridays in 2012. Have a great holiday and remember: Love It Local!
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The name Plaid Friday celebrates the diversity and creativity of local independent businesses.
Plaid Friday is the fun and enjoyable alternative to the big box store “Black Friday” (the day after Thanksgiving and the biggest shopping day of the year), and is designed for local and independently owned businesses during the holidays.
AND KEEP SHOPPING LOCALLY THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON & AND ALL YEAR LONG.
Plaid Friday & I Love It Local Gear: Akinz has designed and made an amazing line of t-shirts and bags with a plaid and I Love It Local theme. You can order for yourself or get gear to sell in your stores. Share the love, spread the plaid. Good all year round!
Businesses: click here for more info.
Community members: click here for more info.
2011 Participating Businesses
Akinz
Al’s Newsstand
Bath Garden Center
Best Face Painter
Blue Mountain Vineyards
Bones du Jour
Brave New Wheel
Butter Cream Cupcakery
Cafe Ardour
Cafe Bluebird
Chef Happy’s Gourmet
Chiropractic Wellness Center
Cilantro Grille
Clothes Pony and Dandelion Toys
Coopersmith’s Pub & Brewing
Copoco’s Honey
Darvier Jewelry Design Studio
Dream Theater
El Monte Grill
Elan Yoga & Fitness
EsScentuals
Farmer’s Table Restaurant
Fort Collins Nursery
Fort Collins Food Coop
Funkwerks
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Happy Lucky’s Teahouse and Treasures
Heaven’s Garden
Ingrained
Ink Works
Inner Balance Chiropractic
Jax Mercantile
Loco Bueno
Lyric Cinema
Mama Said Sew
Matter Bookstore
Mugs (both locations)
My Sister Knits
New Belgium Brewing
Old Firehouse Books
Odell Brewing
Old Town Spice Shop
On To You Consignment
Paninos
Prima Bodywear
Ramplify
Recycled Cycles
Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant
Rose’s Creamery
Spoons
Starry Night
Ten Thousand Villages
The Cupboard
The Living Space
The Stitchin’ Den
Northern Colorado Alpaca
Trees Everlasting
Trees Water & People
Trimble Court Artisans
Twentyseven27soap
Wadoo
Watchdog Automotive
Whistle Clean
White Balcony
Wilbur’s Total Beverage
Wholehearted Healing
Young Peoples Learning Center
Look for plaid gear, decorations and offerings in and around Fort Collins, and you’ll know you’re supporting local independent businesses…the kinds of businesses that are connected to the community and that improve the local economy by keeping money locally (money circulates in the local economy 2-4 times as much when you shop locally).
Local Independent Businesses: To learn more about how you can participate in Plaid Friday and how Be Local is promoting this event, read over our brief 2011 Plaid Friday Presentation.
Be Local members: To order your FREE promotional material for Plaid Friday, click here. Please place your order BY the end of October so you can get your businesses all plaided up around the beginning of November.
SHARE YOUR IDEAS: Click here to view and post on our Plaid Friday Holiday Shopping Blog
Questions? Contact Emma Smaldino, Business Network Coordinator
Email or call 516.353.2092