On the heels of a financially-draining weekend of dueling protests, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is asking locals and visitors to spend their money downtown this coming Saturday, Aug. 24.

“Whenever a situation like the one last Saturday happens, it has a negative effect on our local business community, their employees, and their families,” said Wheeler in a press release. “This is the busiest time of year, and businesses large and small have been significantly affected."

According to the Portland Business Alliance (PBA), downtown business owners say last Saturdays' alarming white nationalist rally—met by one thousand counter-protesters and hundreds of armored police officers—cost them $3 million in lost revenue. PBA and Travel Portland are both co-hosting the Saturday event.

Parking will be free in the city's downtown core—both east and west of the Willamette River—on Aug. 24. The city's also made Biketown rentals and the Portland Streetcar free all day. According to the city's press release, the city will offer discount codes to Portlanders using ride share and taxis. (Those codes haven't been made public yet.)

The Proud Boys, the far-right extremist group that instigated the Saturday, Aug. 17 protest said their main goal was the "financially cripple" the city until Wheeler "excises" anti-fascist protesters from Portland. After the protests concluded Saturday, Wheeler estimated that the event cost the city an extra $2 million.

In an email to the Mercury, Wheeler sent this message to the Proud Boys: "Stop wasting our time. Stop wasting taxpayer dollars. Stop hurting our businesses. We have a city to run and lives to lead.”