National Small Business Week
The United States Small Business Administration celebrates its “Shop Local” program at Christmastime, but also recognizes contributions of small business during National Small Business Week, which runs through May 9th. For 60 years, the SBA has brought attention to small business owners and their contributions to local economies. Melinda Kelleher, who is the Small Business Development and Main Street Manager for Cumberland, said that local businesses thrive because of local support…
“It is really critical and important that you support small businesses whether you’re dining, shopping, going to the theater, and not just on Baltimore Street and Liberty and Centre, but we have small businesses all over Cumberland that appreciate and really thrive because of people going and supporting them.”