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KC shops participating in Small Business Saturday
A table filled with holiday trinkets for sale.
What’s on your shopping list? | Photo via @astorenamedstuff
Black Friday brings out the best deals from all the major retailers, but Small Business Saturday is when the lovers-of-all-things-local come out to shop. From kickstarting your shopping adventure with a coffee at the Filling Station to picking up holiday gifts at Mid Coast Modern, you can make your entire Saturday a local experience.

We’ve compiled a list of local businesses participating in Small Business Saturday. Here are some of our favorites.

Array: A Collection of Shops
📍 5230 W. 119th St., Leawood, KS
⏰ 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
🛍️ Gifts with every purchase + 30% off KC Fortuity brand merchandise.

Charlie Hustle
📍 419 W. 47th St., Kansas City, MO
⏰ 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
🛍️ 30% off store-wide.

Cycle of Heart
📍 8306 N. Oxford St., Kansas City, MO
⏰ 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
🛍️ $25 credit for every $50 spent in-store, 30% off select in-store items, free rug for first five guests, and local business pop-ups.

Kinship Cafe
📍 719 N. 6th St., Kansas City, KS
⏰ 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
🛍️ Small biz makers pop-up, including custom prints by Secret Handshake Studios.

K9 Closet
📍 7406 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO
⏰ 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
🛍️ 20% off everything in-store + collars are buy two, get one free (discount excludes food).

Peaches Vintage Collective
📍 2765 Cherry St., Kansas City, MO
⏰ 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
🛍️ Small biz party: 30% off everything in-store + Virgil’s Plant Shop raffles (and 10% off plants), custom calligraphy ornaments, local crafters, and free drinks.

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SCOOBIE
📍 23 On The Mall, Prairie Village, KS
⏰ 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
🛍 In-store: buy one, get one 50% off + $100 gift card giveaway, coffee bar, mimosas, and $30 and under sale racks. Online: exclusive launch + 30% off your entire purchase.

SKiN
📍 6247 Brookside Plaza, Kansas City, MO
⏰ 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
🛍️ 15% off SKiN brand + gift with purchase.

The Corner Candleshop
📍 6231 Brookside Plaza, Kansas City, MO
⏰ 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
🛍️ Free gift with every $30 purchase.

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Thursday, Nov. 24
  • Thanksgiving Day Run | Thursday, Nov. 24 | 8:35 a.m. | Ward Parkway Center, 8600 Ward Pkwy., Kansas City, MO | $27-$44 | Your 5k or 10k run will end with a sweet prize: a 6-inch pie.
  • Plaza Lighting Ceremony | Thursday, Nov. 24 | 5-8 p.m. | Country Club Plaza | Free | This 15-block holiday spectacle begins on the night of Thanksgiving, complete with live music, acrobatic performances, and fireworks. 🎆
Friday, Nov. 25
  • Merry Market | Friday, Nov. 25 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | City Market | Free | Enjoy festive shopping, activities, food, and drink every weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas at City Market. 🛍
  • Party Like It’s 1997 | Friday, Nov. 25 | 7 p.m. | recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO | $10-$15 | This annual local concert celebrates songs from 25 years ago, which this year, happens to be 1997. 🎸
Saturday, Nov. 26
  • Waldo Small Business Kickoff | Saturday, Nov. 26 | 12 p.m. | Kansas City Bier Company, 310 W. 79th St., Kansas City, MO | Free | Grab a beer, learn about the Waldo Small Business Crawl, and shop winter merch.
Sunday, Nov. 27
  • Chiefs vs. Rams | Sunday, Nov. 27 | 3:25 p.m. | Arrowhead Stadium | $160-$999 | Watch the leaders of the AFC West (that’s us) take on last place in the NFC West. 🏟

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Weather
  • 57º | Sunny | 1% chance of rain
Holiday
  • Happy Thanksgiving. However you celebrate, make today a day of rest, reflection, and community. We here at KCtoday are thankful for our city, and the fact that there’s always plenty to talk about. Feel free to use any of our 15 interesting local facts at the dinner table this weekend. 🍽
Biz
  • Livestock tech company Vytelle officially moved into its first headquarters — at 8789 Penrose Ln., Lenexa, KS. The Lenexa City Center location will provide a flex space “experience” for its local employees as the company scales across the world. 📈 (Kansas City Business Journal)
  • World’s Window in Brookside is up for sale as the owners plan to retire. The clothing, gift, and decor boutique has been around since 1984. Owners say the ideal buyer will continue to celebrate the creativity of the human spirit. (Kansas City Business Journal)
Seasonal
  • In the theme of shopping local, Tom’s Town released three bottled holiday cocktails — “Salty Snowman,” “Gin-gle Bells,” and “Sleigh Bell Cider.” Flavors range from smoked tea and brown sugar to pear liqueur and cardamom. Each bottle costs $30 and serves five drinks. 🔔
Development
  • Kansas City has a lot of converted apartment buildings — you know, those old brick structures retrofitted with loft-style units. KC is among the top for total converted buildings, and that number keeps rising. The city is No. 9 in the nation for most adaptive reuse apartments created 2020-2021. (RentCafe)
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  • If you love this newsletter (and supporting local) as much as we love strolls in Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, morning lattes from Black Dog Coffeehouse + Saturdays spent behind the pottery wheel at Epic Arts (which is a lot) — we’ve got something for you: KCtoday just launched a membership program. Learn more + sign up. 🎉
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THE WRAP

Today’s issue was written by Travis.


Editor’s pick: Shoutout to City Editor Bella for compiling that huge list of small businesses.

Bonus round: Yesterday, we shared 15 interesting facts (perfect for feast-worthy conversation starters), and a few of you wrote in with trivia of your own. Here are a couple of our favorites:
  • “Did you know the surround of the Eagle Scout Fountain at 39th and Gilliam originally adorned Penn Station in NYC?” — Reader Andrew S.
  • The Kansas City Barbecue Society has 8,000+ members, making it the largest barbecue/grilling organization in the world (another reason KC’s the barbecue capital). — via Reader Kenneth G.

Missed yesterday’s newsletter? Did you know these 15 facts about Kansas City?
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