MSNBC to film Live Local Saturday
Mountain Brook businesses will soon be featured on an MSNBC show about small business and entrepreneurship.
On Saturday, Oct. 18, MBNBC’s crew from Your Business will film Live Local Saturday events in the villages.
The chamber is encouraging residents and merchants to wear its “Live Local” T-shirts during the filming. The shirts are available at Mountain Brook Sporting Goods.
The tentative interview schedule is:
- 7:30 a.m.: Continental Bakery, English Village
- 9 a.m.: Ex Voto Vintage, Mountain Brook Village
- 10 a.m.: Amano
- 11 a.m.: Olexa’s
- 12:30: Lamb’s Ear, Crestline Village
- 1 p.m.: The Pant Store
MSNBC producer David Foster has been working with Suzan Doidge and Hannon Davidson at the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce to set up the filming date.
“We are excited to have him in our community and show him how we do buy local the best,” Doidge said. “We hope want to make sure people come out and shop that day.”
“We are interested in finding out what is working [for the program] and how people are responding to it,” Foster said. “What struck a cord with us is that the community is making a concerted effort to bring people to the area.”
Foster said the show focuses on small business coverage leading up to Small Business Saturday, which is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The producers hope to give other communities ideas about how to increase their small business traffic through segments on the subject.
Mountain Brook in particular interested them for the network’s shop local coverage.
“It isn’t a traditional main street, so shopping is around villages,” Foster said. “They are more spread out, so people have to make an effort to have programming to come to those specific villages.”
Your Business airs Sundays at 6:30 a.m. Foster said the episode featuring Mountain Brook will air sometime in November.