Small Business Saturday 2019: Stores Around Burke

BURKE, VA — With all of the development happening in our growing region, Burke residents know the importance of small businesses. Small Business Saturday, an annual event following Black Friday, is a timely reminder to support the Burke's various small shops and restaurants. This year's Small Business Saturday falls on Nov. 30.

It's the 10th anniversary of the "Shop Small" movement, spearheaded by American Express. Over the last nine years, shoppers spent an estimated $100 billion at small businesses on Small Business Saturday. This year, the stakes are even higher for small businesses. Rising rents and shifting consumer behavior are causing many small business owners to shutter their shops, according to American Express.

A Shop Small Consumer Impact survey from American Express found that 73 percent of people think empty storefronts are a national issue, and 84 percent agree the increase in empty storefronts and the closing of small, independently owned businesses negatively affects their local communities.

But that's only part of the story. For every dollar spent at a U.S. small business, approximately 67 cents stays in the local community — and it helps independent shops and restaurants keep their doors open and meet pay their workers, your neighbors.

Here are the Burke area small businesses on the American Express Small Business Saturday map:

• District Camera: 6025 Burke Centre Pkwy Burke, Virginia 22015
• Potomac River Running: 5715 Burke Centre Pkwy Burke, Virginia 22015
• Burke Florist: 10667 Braddock Rd Fairfax, Virginia 22032
• The Bike Lane: 8416 Old Keene Mill Rd Springfield, Virginia 22152
• Wild Bird Center of Burke: 5765 Burke Centre Pkwy Ste I Burke, Virginia 22015
• Flowers 'n' Ferns: 9562 Old Keene Mill Road Burke, Virginia 22015
• Clawes Paint & Design: 9533 Braddock Rd, Fairfax, VA 22032
• BJ Pool and Spa: 6413 Little Ox Rd, Fairfax Station, VA 22039
• Deep Roots Apothecary: 9413-C Old Burke Lake Rd Burke, Virginia 22015
• Frame + Design: 9330 Burke Rd, Burke, VA 22015
• Burke Nursery & Garden Centre: 9401 Burke Rd, Burke, VA 22015
• Burke Pet Nutrition Center: 9546 Burke Rd, Burke, VA 22015