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THE VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL<br />
2 www.TheValleyBusinessJournal.com<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
City of Temecula Promotes Local Small Businesses with<br />
Shop Your Block Social Media Campaign’<br />
The City of Temecula has kicked<br />
off its ‘Shop Your Block social media<br />
campaign’, a visual<br />
storyboard featuring Temecula’s<br />
economic backbone, which are small<br />
businesses. In an effort to recognize and<br />
promote shopping local during these ever-changing<br />
times, the City has collaborated<br />
with local photographer Jimmy Fu,<br />
to visit and photograph over 125 small<br />
businesses around town.<br />
This 14-week social media campaign<br />
features images of local business owners,<br />
products, employees, food, office spaces<br />
and storefronts. Locations of these small<br />
businesses are comprised of areas all<br />
over Temecula city limits, including Old<br />
Town, Temecula Parkway, Vail Ranch<br />
Headquarters, Jefferson Avenue, Margarita<br />
Road, Winchester Road and Rancho<br />
California Road.<br />
“We wanted a way to safely showcase<br />
the entrepreneurial spirit, resiliency<br />
and strength of our local business community.<br />
We chose to accomplish this by<br />
capturing their essence through a camera<br />
lens. It is our hope that the community<br />
will see these images and get inspired to<br />
visit and shop local.” says Temecula’s<br />
Mayor Pro Tem, Maryann Edwards.<br />
The City of Temecula strongly supports<br />
and joins hands with the Temecula<br />
Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Shop<br />
Local promotional effort.<br />
For the full gallery of photos, visit the<br />
City’s Flickr page at https://www.flickr.<br />
com/photos/cityoftemecula<br />
Visit the City of Temecula’s social media<br />
platforms (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter)<br />
every Friday until September 18, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> to check<br />
out these highlighted local small businesses and<br />
don’t forget to eat and shop local!