Plus, a drive by visit from American Sign Language Santa!
MARGATE — The Margate business and restaurant districts will be celebrating Shop Small Business weekend on Saturday and Sunday, November 28 and 29 by offering great sales, discounts, contests for shoppers and a drive through town by America Sign Language (ASL) Santa. Social distancing and mask wearing guidelines will be followed.
“This year it’s more important than ever to support local businesses whether shoppers buy in person, online or purchase gift cards,” said Margate Business Association Board Member Michael Collins. “The MBA is safely bringing some energy and fun to town with ASL Santa and lots of contests to enhance everyone’s shopping experience at all of our small businesses that we value so much.”
⁸Santa will leave from the Margate Fire Station on Washington Avenue at noon on Saturday, November 28 and will be escorted down Ventnor Ave. by the Margate City Fire Department, Margate City Police Department and the 95.1 WAYV van to Essex Ave. Due to Santa’s very busy schedule he will be unable to stop for pictures or talk with children. This year, children can drop off their letters to Santa at his slotted mailbox in the foyer of Bocca Coal Fired Bistro on Saturday or Sunday.
A series of contests will be held including Receipts are all the Rage where a lucky winner will receive $200 in Margate gift cards, Your Favorite Business Photo Contest and Share the Post and Tag Contest.
Enjoy the spirit of the holiday season by visiting the beautifully lighted Margate recreation fields on Jerome Avenue. Lights go on daily at dusk. Be sure to bring your camera!
Receipts Are All the Rage:
Grand Prize is a $200 (in gift cards) Margate Shopping Spree!
Customers can take a photo of their receipt from any Margate business purchase made between Friday, November 27 and Sunday, November 29, and send the receipt photo to info@margatehasmore.com. There will be one randomly selected GRAND prize winner and 3 additional winners who will each receive a gift certificate from the store that their receipt is from. Winners will be notified via email.
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Your Favorite Business Photo ContestTake a picture in front of your favorite business and send the photo to info@margatehasmore.com by Sunday, November 29, for the opportunity to be randomly selected to win a gift certificate.
Share This Post:
- Share the Shop Small post on your feed. Tag your favorite Margate business (see list of businesses at margatehasmore.com or the Catch the Margate Wave App)
- Most importantly use #SHOPMARGATENJ
3 winners will be randomly selected to win a prize.
For additional information on these events and much more go to www.margatehasmore.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Sponsors and participants are Margate Business Association, Bocca Coal Fired Pizza, Colmar Home Center, 95.1 WAYV, 100.7 WZXL
The Margate Business Association exists to promote the economic and physical revitalization and welfare of the businesses and Bay District of Margate, including the advancement of the Margate Community through local scholarship, events to promote family activities and providing assistance to local governments and organizations situated in the City of Margate, the County of Atlantic, and the State of New Jersey.
Margate City incorporated as the borough of South Atlantic City by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 7, 1885, from portions of Egg Harbor Township. Then, it was reincorporated with the name Margate City April 20, 1909. The city stretches approximately eight blocks from the Atlantic Ocean to the bay at most points in town and is roughly 2 miles long. Margate’s full-time population was estimated in 2007 at more than 8,500, less than 4,000 households and approximately 2,300 families.
