Small Twin Cities retailers plan virtual events

November 28, 2020 at 5:06PM
Former Target executives Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga have launched the Urban Rooster website to give small Minneapolis retailers an online presence.
Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga have launched the Urban Rooster website to give small Minneapolis retailers an online presence. (Provided by Urban Rooster/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

• The Metropolitan Economic Development Association offers its first virtual shopping experience at meda.net/medas-marketplace through Dec. 6 to support Black, Indigenous and people of color entrepreneurs.

• The North Loop neighborhood in Minneapolis will hold a virtual North Loop Lights 360 Virtual Reality tour of more than a dozen stores, salons and spas at bit.ly/2HHTmhK.

• A new site, urbanroostershop.com, helps consumers shop online from Twin Cities small retailers. Creators Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga are former Target executives.

• The Lake Street Council in Minneapolis offers an interactive map and other online resources spotlighting local businesses at visitlakestreet.com.

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John Ewoldt

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John Ewoldt is a business reporter for the Star Tribune. He writes about small and large retailers including supermarkets, restaurants, consumer issues and trends, and personal finance.  

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