• The Metropolitan Economic Development Association offers its first virtual shopping experience at meda.net/medas-marketplace through Dec. 6 to support Black, Indigenous and people of color entrepreneurs.
• The North Loop neighborhood in Minneapolis will hold a virtual North Loop Lights 360 Virtual Reality tour of more than a dozen stores, salons and spas at bit.ly/2HHTmhK.
• A new site, urbanroostershop.com, helps consumers shop online from Twin Cities small retailers. Creators Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga are former Target executives.
• The Lake Street Council in Minneapolis offers an interactive map and other online resources spotlighting local businesses at visitlakestreet.com.
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