11/24/2015 – Press Conference – Preparing for ‘Small Business Saturday’

November 24th 10 a.m. – Noon (Old Courthouse Museum steps – rain or shine):   Prepare for ‘Small Business Saturday’ and Local Shopping in New Castle: Debut of ‘Byway Bucks’ Shopping/Travel Incentives U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, U.S. Small Business Administration officials, State of Delaware representatives, and local leaders will conduct a press conference and small business walking tour.  The event urges local holiday and year-round shopping, and marks the Old New Castle debut of ‘Byway Bucks’ Program.  The ‘Byways Bucks’ is a coupon voucher program offering special dining, shopping and admissions deals along Del.’s ‘Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway.’  The event will be anchored by opening remarks on the steps of the newly-minted First State National Historic Park’s New Castle courthouse  –  site of the fugitive slave trials, the transcripts of which informed the layout of the ‘Tubman Byway’s’ route  –  and feature tours of some of the Colonial-era town’s most idyllic […]