Back for year two, Go Local Tacoma's Shift Happens will inhabit The Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center Monday for a daylong extravaganza built on seminars and the power of local businesses. Shift Happens attendees will eat and drink local products, as well as tour booths representing local businesses.

Shift Happens will also, once again, include a State of the City address delivered by Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland.

Perhaps most beneficial of all, the event kicks off at 1 p.m. with a litany of "Sustainability Smart Labs," aimed at small businesses. For $10 registrants can sit in on "Key Indicators of successful Entrepreneurs;" "Unlocking Your Situated Advantage: the hidden wealth potential of body, place, and commons;" "Customer Acquisition Tool Box;" and "Becoming a BEST Business."

From 6-6:45 p.m. Go Local Tacoma will hand out "Indie Awards" before Mayor Strickland tells us how it is.

[Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center, 1-9 p.m., $10 for Sustainability Smart Labs 1-4 p.m., everything else free, 1500 Broadway, Tacoma, tacomashifthappens.com]

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