Local businesses will be setting up shop around the Savannah square this week for a Girls Night Out.

The event will be held on the Square in Savannah Wednesday, July 27, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

According to the Savannah Chamber of Commerce, the businesses owned and run by women on the square in Savannah will stay open in the evening hours hosting more than 50 home-based businesses. The idea is women empowering women.

Host businesses include organizer The Ivy Cottage, The Clawfoot Tub, Salon on the Square, Sports Page, Creations, Jodi Nellesen Shelter Insurance, Simply Amazing Bridal, Miss Doyle’s Soapery, Lander’s Floral, Andrew County Mutual Insurance, The Furniture Studio, The Yoga Studio, and Urban Daisy.

Featured businesses include artists, crafters, direct sellers, non-profit groups, gardeners, bakers, jewelry makers, and more.

The host businesses will each display a decorated pink flamingo to show that they are open. Attendees will vote for their favorite flamingo.

“I am hosting this event as a way to pay it forward to the many customers that the City of Savannah has that also try to enhance their way of living by having a second means of income,” said Kim McKean, the event organizer and owner of The Ivy Cottage, 408 Court Street. “Also to bring more people to Savannah to meet all the great women that ‘run’ this town.”

For more information contact McKean at 816-324-5228.