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Opportunities for Shopping Local this Holiday Season

The Saturday after Thanksgiving marks the start of the City of San Antonio’s Buy Local Season, coinciding with Small Business Saturday. These campaigns invite us to consider shifting some of our holiday shopping to local-independent businesses to support our entrepreneurs, workers, and greater economy. According to the City’s Economic Development department, $68 of every $100 spent locally is cycled right back into the community. Shopping local also lessens the impact of travel and shipping on the environment and helps small businesses create new jobs.

Fortunately, San Antonio offers plenty of opportunities to find and support small businesses during the holiday season. We’ve put together a short list of some local markets and festivals that will be filled with unique San Antonio businesses and vendors.

November 25 and 27th: Mercado de Paz | Peace Market
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is hosting the 33rd International Peace Market, featuring local and global artisans who will sell unique handcrafted goods celebrating peace, social justice, and cultural diversity.
922 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78212 | 10 am – 6 pm

November 26: Tobin Center Holiday Art Market
Find the Tobin’s holiday art market on the Will Naylor Smith River Walk Plaza. In addition to local venders, the market will include live music, treats, and interactive events.
100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, TX 78205 | 10 am – 6 pm

November 30 – December 21 (Wednesdays): Holiday Night Markets
On Wednesday nights, the Pearl will host Holiday Night Markets with local makers and live music.
303 Pearl, San Antonio, TX 78215 | 5 pm – 9 pm

December 3: The Good Market
Our Nonprofit Partner Ethical Network of San Antonio will host the Good Market, a curated collection of socially conscious pop-up shops creating thoughtful products, at Brick at Blue Star.
108 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78204 | 10 am – 4 pm

December 4: Witte Museum Holiday Market
The Witte’s Holiday Market returns Sunday, December 4 with over 35 local merchants. Shoppers are also invited to visit the Museum afterward with discounted admission.
3801 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 72809 | 12 pm – 5 pm

Cover photo by Vanessa Velazquez

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Friends,

After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.

Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.

While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.

– Team SA2020