This Valentine’s Day, show your “local love” — love for your sweetie and your whole community — by purchasing gifts (or gift-making supplies) and meals (or ingredients) at locally owned businesses. Last year, Americans spent $23.9 billion on Valentine’s Day. Imagine if we shifted some of that spending to independent businesses!

This February, The Local Crowd (TLC) Monadnock invites you to celebrate Black-owned businesses, Black history, and diversity in our communities. We’re teaming up with the American Independent Business Alliance and partners throughout North America to promote our Shop Black-Owned campaign. Together, we can build stronger local economies that are diverse, inclusive, and equitable. How can you celebrate Shop Black-Owned Month in February?

February 1 - 28: Shop Black-Owned Month

February 4: Keene Ice & Snow Festival

February 10: Local Love Party

February 12: Galentine's Felting Workshop

February 14: Valentine's Dinner at East Hill Farm

February 22: Remembering Baker Moore and the Brooks Family

February 25: Annual Seed Celebration and Sustainable Community Fair