The biggest local shopping event of the year, BuyCincy’s Cincinnati Unchained, takes place the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Nov. 21. Stores citywide are offering deals, gifts and charitable donations during this annual campaign that highlights locally-owned businesses. Park + Vine is donating 10 percent of all purchases to Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Meet the potters from Plasket Pottery 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a mini in-store pottery show.

Shopping locally has real economic benefits and is far from being elitist or anti-corporate. It’s about our city’s economic well-being. The fact is that local businesses use goods and services of their peers and, therefore, recirculate money an estimated 3.5 times longer than if it’s spent at a chain store. It’s really simple so be sure to do your part.

Cincinnati Unchained sponsoring businesses:

• Atomic Number Ten – 1306 Main St., Over-the-Rhine
• Blue Manatee Children’s Bookstore & Decafe – 3054 Madison Rd., Oakley
• Bromwell’s – 117 W. 4h St., Downtown
• Chicken Lays an Egg – 1608 Chase Ave., Northside
• College Hill Coffee Co. – 6128 Hamilton Ave., College Hill
• Contemporary Arts Center – 44 E 6th St., Downtown
• Dojo Gelato – 1801 Race St. (Findlay Market), Over-the-Rhine
• Essencha Tea House & Fine Teas – 3212a Madison Rd., Oakley
• Field of Vue – 334 Fairfield Ave., Bellevue
• Findlay Market- 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine
• indigenous – 2008 Madison Rd., O’Bryonville
• Litwin’s – 7565 Kenwood Rd. Suite 204, Kenwood
• Joseph Williams Home – 1232 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine
• NVISION – 4577 Hamilton Ave., Northside
• Park + Vine- 1109 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine
• The Spotted Goose – 3048 Madison Rd., Oakley
• Switch – 1207A Vine St., Over-the-Rhine
• Yottaquest – 7607 Hamilton Ave., Mt. Healthy

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