{"id":13284,"date":"2019-07-22T08:13:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=13284"},"modified":"2019-07-22T11:43:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:43:29","slug":"need-a-downtown-business-idea-try-a-cookie-crawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2019\/07\/need-a-downtown-business-idea-try-a-cookie-crawl.html","title":{"rendered":"Need a downtown business idea? Try a Cookie Crawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13285\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13285\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13285\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cookies-at-Hotel-Pattee-Perry-Iowa-Photo-by-Sheila-Scarborough.jpg\" alt=\"A tray of cookies on a craftsman-style table\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cookies-at-Hotel-Pattee-Perry-Iowa-Photo-by-Sheila-Scarborough.jpg 640w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cookies-at-Hotel-Pattee-Perry-Iowa-Photo-by-Sheila-Scarborough-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You&#8217;ve tried everything to get locals to come out to downtown businesses, but have you bribed them with cookies?? These jewels were at the Hotel Pattee, Perry, Iowa. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sheilascarborough\/14928830414\/\">Photo (CC) by Sheila Scarborough<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our friend Maury Forman of Washington state, sent us this idea from Madras, Oregon:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On February 16 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MadrasDowntownAssociation\/\">Madras Downtown Association<\/a> and Petite Sweets hosted the first-ever Cookie Crawl. Participants paid $5 and received a box and map that listed all the locations where the beautifully decorated cookies were available. Petite Sweets decorated cookies to match or represent the business.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For example, the barber shop offered a cookie that looked like a barber pole<\/li>\n<li>and Windemere Real Estate distributed cookies with a for-sale sign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organizer Whitney Stubblefield said the event was a great way to encourage the residents who usually do not appear at community events into the downtown businesses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sweet! It&#8217;s not just a way to get people into businesses, it gives them a chance to talk to each other, <em>with cookies.<\/em> I don&#8217;t even think the cookies have to match the businesses. It would be fun to get all kinds of home-made or random cookies from everyone.<\/p>\n<p><em>New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/guided-tour.html\">Guided Tour<\/a>. Like what you see?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/get-updates.html\">Get our updates<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our friend Maury Forman of Washington state, sent us this idea from Madras, Oregon: On February 16 the Madras Downtown Association and Petite Sweets hosted the first-ever Cookie Crawl. Participants paid $5 and received a box and map that listed all the locations where the beautifully decorated cookies were available. 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