Buy Nearby Weekend 2025
Featured Events and Activities:
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Visit Participating MRA Member Retailers and Small Businesses listed on the Map for Buy Nearby Weekend shopping fun. 🛍️
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See the Buy Nearby Guy during the Buy Nearby Weekend Roadtrip with a pit stop in Grand Rapids on our way to our Ultimate Destination: Elk Rapids on Saturday, October 4th 🚙
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Enter the Shop 3 Challenge Punch Card Contest by October 10th for a chance to win a $500 gift card 💰
Participating Member Map
Sponsored by: Foresight Group
Participating Sponsored Downtowns & Destinations
Participating Sponsor Businesses
Buy Nearby Guy Road Trip
See the Buy Nearby Guy in Downtown Elk Rapids
October 4, from 1-3 p.m.
Downtown Area and Multiple Retailers
Elk Rapids, MI 49629
Ultimate Destination Sponsor:
Downtown Elk Rapids Association
Roadtrip Pit Stop Sponsor:
Mieras Family Shoes
See the Buy Nearby Guy in Grand Rapids
October 4, from 9:30-10:00 a.m.
Mieras Family Shoes
841 Leonard St. NW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Shoppers: Enter the Shop 3 Challenge
Punch Card Contest
Visit three Michigan-owned businesses on Buy Nearby Weekend and enter to win a
$500 gift card!
How to Enter:
Pick up a punch card from over 500 retailers across Michigan! See participating MRA members listed on the map above, explore your local downtowns for retailers with punch cards across the state, or print one of your own.
Visit three Michigan-owned retailers or small businesses during Buy Nearby Weekend between Oct. 3-5, 2025. Fill out your punch card and get a stamp or initial from each business.
No purchase is necessary for entry. Any Michigan-based business is eligible to participate and stamp/initial your punch card.
To complete your entry, upload a photo of your completed punch card to the form on this page, or email a photo of it to communications@retailers.com by October 10, 2025.
The $500 gift card winner will be contacted after October 15.
