Mayor O’Donnell asks residents to support local all month after winter storm

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell is calling on residents to rally behind local businesses after this weekend’s record-breaking winter storm left many shops struggling.

In a social media post, O’Donnell announced a new month-long initiative: every Saturday in December will be treated as “Small Business Saturday.”

“Yesterday’s record-breaking storm left many small businesses out in the cold,” she wrote, encouraging residents to “light ’em up” by committing to shop small each Saturday…

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