WASHINGTON — Georgetown hosts its second-annual “Independents Day” Saturday to showcase its many small, independently owned businesses, some of which have been neighborhood fixtures for decades.
The Georgetown Business Improvement District is sponsoring Independents Day. More than 30 merchants are participating with discounts on merchandise.
Christ Child Opportunity Shop is offering free American flags, Fourth of July stickers and temporary tattoos. Bacchus Wine Cellar will have a spiked lemonade tasting all afternoon.
There will be plenty of family-friendly outside activities.
“In two of the parking lots along Wisconsin Avenue we’ll have lots of fun food like funnel cakes, fried Oreos, lemonade, cotton candy, face painting and balloon sculptures for the kids and some music, so it’s going to be a lot of fun,” Debbie Young at the Georgetown BID told WTOP.
There will also be an Uncle Sam stiltwalker in the TD Bank lot on Wisconsin Avenue.
Restaurants and shops come and go in Georgetown, but many have proven staying power as neighborhood institutions.
“We’ve had some here over 50 years including Georgetown Tobacco which recently celebrated their 54th anniversary and The Phoenix, which is a boutique on Upper Wisconsin Avenue. They’ve been here for over 60 years,” Young said.
Georgetown Independents Day is Saturday June 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are details about specials and events on the Georgetown BID’s website.
