After Black Friday kickstarted the holiday shopping season, customers shopped local for Small Business Saturday in Southbury.

“It’s been an amazing opportunity,” Marla Wayne, owner of Dripability, said.

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An opportunity she’s grateful for, having her pop-up store Dripability open for the holiday season in Southbury. It sells clothes and tote bags which drew customers in for Small Business Saturday with a wider impact.

“We have a lot of local folks coming in and we also have a staff here who are young adults with special needs who are being trained in vocational skills,” Wayne said.

Skills that include training them for a possible future in retail.

“They’re going to learn how to ship, track orders, make the product,

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