Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday aims to increase economic activity a little closer to home. Small businesses nationwide — including some in Evanston — held sales and promotional giveaways to encourage shopping local this holiday season. Evanston resident Abby Dan (Weinberg ‘05), co-owner of Booked, a store that specializes in children’s.
The new owners of the Evanston independent bookshop Booked Abby Dan (Weinberg ’05) and Betsy Haberl (SPS ’18) hope to host community events and highlight diverse experiences at their store behind a child-sized door. Dan and Haberl started working at Booked as booksellers last summer and assumed ownership in May. “We really would like to.