CONWAY — “Bring A Friend,” the annual “girlfriend getaway” shopping weekend at Settlers Green, is coming up on its 19th anniversary this Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 8-11.
According to General Manager Dot Seybold, Settlers began partnering in 2000 with the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce to build up November as shopping season, and it caught on like wildfire.
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