How to skip the big chains and safely support makers, artists and entrepreneurs in your community.

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This holiday season, it will undoubtedly help to keep more of your money circulating in the local economy.
The first wave of the pandemic wiped out more than 1,000 Philadelphia small businesses closed, and with a second wave here, local entrepreneurs are in for an uphill battle.
Several Philly organizations, curators, media outlets and community-minded residents have put together guides to small businesses in the city offering great gifts. Even if you feel safer shopping online, you don’t have to rely on big chains or ecommerce giants, because many annual…