Supporting local business

5/16/08—Small Business Week is almost over, but the sidewalk sale is yet to come.

By Talia Salem

In conjunction with San Francisco’s Small Business Week (which, ironically, is sponsored by Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Visa, and other megacorporations), many of the city’s merchants are staging sidewalk sales this Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Check out the list of neighborhoods below, get off your tuchis, and spend some cash to keep local businesses afloat.

Bayview Merchants Association: Bayview Opera House: 4705 3rd St.

Clement Street: Clement St. (bet. Arguello St. and 7th Ave.)

Fillmore Merchants: Fillmore St. (bet. Sutter and Jackson Sts.)

Glen Park Merchants Association: Diamond, Chenery, and Wilder Sts.

Hayes Valley Merchants Association: Hayes St. (bet. Franklin and Laguna Sts.); Laguna St. (bet. Fell and Hayes Sts.); Octavia St. (bet. Grove and Fell Sts.); Gough St. (bet. Grove and Haight Sts.)

Upper Haight Street: Haight St. (bet. Central Ave. and Stanyan St.)

Lower 24th Street Merchants: 24th St. (bet. Mission St. and Potrero Ave.)

Outer Sunset Merchant & Professional Association (OSMPA): Irving St. (bet. 19th and 25th Aves.)

Merchants of Upper Market & Castro (MUMC): Castro St. (bet. Market and 19th Sts.); 18th St. (bet. Noe St. and Collingwood Ave.); Market St. bet. (bet. Castro and Sanchez Sts.); Church St. (bet. Market and 15th Sts.)

Mission Merchants Association: Along Mission Valencia, and S. Van Ness Sts. (bet. 15th St. and Cesar Chavez); 16th St. (bet. Dolores and S. Van Ness Sts.)

Noe Valley Merchants Association: 24th St. (bet. Douglas and Chattanooga Sts.); Castro St. (bet. 24th and Clipper Sts.); Church St. (bet. 24th and 30th Sts., plus side streets).

Polk Street Merchants: Polk St. (bet. Post and Union Sts.)

West Portal: West Portal Merchants Association: West Portal St. (from Ulloa St. to 15th Ave.)

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