
Pittsburgh Neighborhood Map by Margaret Hagen[razblint.com]
Small Business Saturday has swept the country and our Pittsburgh neighborhoods are no different. The folks over at Honeycomb Credit have done their research and created this list of five Pittsburgh neighborhoods going above-and-beyond year this to make shopping small a source of huge fun! Come for the shopping but stay for the friends, old and new.
Brookline
Get into the holiday spirit and do some holiday shopping in Brookline on the 24th! The Brookline Chamber of Commerce is hosting Brookline Lights Up, a day full of events, including photos with Santa, karate demonstrations, Suzuki School Violinists, carolers, and more!

Photo by Jake Mysliwczyk
Downtown
Come downtown to shop small! The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership is doing Small Business Saturday with a twist. Participating businesses are listed on a small business Saturday passport. Visit each business, get a stamp, and win prizes for shopping local!
Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville’s shops are excited for your business on Saturday the 24th. But the neighborhood will be pulling out all the stops for the 2018 Lawrenceville Cookie tour, a chance to visit 45 + businesses along Butler Street and Penn Avenue for holiday shopping and cookie sampling.Can’t decide which weekend to attend? Come to both!
Oakland
Oakland shines this Small Business Saturday. Oakland’s locally-owned businesses will have lights on their storefronts for the holiday season as a way of welcoming customers to the neighborhood. The Oakland Business Improvement district will be rounding out the night with a tree lighting on Forbes Digital Plaza.
Regent Square + Swissvale
The Swissvale Rotary Club invites you to their 2nd Annual Holiday Stroll. Coffee and donuts, specials and sales await. Visit the 30+ participating small businesses and do your weekend grocery shopping at the Swissvale Outdoor Market!
But that is not all, every neighborhood, special event or not, is filled with small businesses ready to welcome you into their doors, usually with great deals too. Just pop in and say hello, you never know who you’ll meet or what you’ll find.
This article was brought to you by Honeycomb Credit – a Pittsburgh-based crowdfinancing platform that lets everyday people lend to local small businesses with interest and helps businesses fund their next growth project through community-financed loans at fair rates.