DANE COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) – For 13 years, communities nationwide have taken the Saturday after Thanksgiving to have fun small companies.
Small companies proprietor and government director of Dane Purchase Native Colin Murray mentioned an appreciation for small, native companies is what makes Dane County so distinctive.
“If you hear about some nationwide publications saying why it’s nice to reside in Madison they usually listing all of the completely different causes, it’s not as a result of we’ve got the largest Walmart or a elaborate Goal, it’s all these particular person, native companies that make it completely different right here and make it particular than wherever else,” Murray mentioned.
He mentioned every buyer interplay is completely different.
“If you go into a neighborhood enterprise, these are an expertise that you just’re going to have whenever you stroll within the door and also you by no means fairly know what’s going to occur, proper?”
Carol Schroeder, co-owner of Madison specialty retailer Orange Tree Imports mentioned it’s not solely conversations with buyers which can be customized, however merchandise too.
“We all know Madison, we all know our clients, we all know what our clients need, and we are able to mirror that, we are able to mirror the values of our neighborhood,” she mentioned. “We now have some Christmas ornaments this yr that you just most likely received’t see wherever else as a result of we all know that these are issues that our clients will like and that perhaps communicate to their Wisconsin soul in a particular manner.”
You would possibly simply take one thing residence you weren’t planning to depart with!
“If you are available right here you get to have the enjoyment of serendipity; discovering one thing you didn’t know you needed,” Schroeder mentioned.
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