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TRAVERSE CITY â Local shoppers who missed out on last weekâs âOur Townâ gift certificate program will have a second chance beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Traverse City received a second grant from Consumerâs Energy, which financed last weekâs promotion, for another $10,000. The money will be used to match up to $50 per household on purchases of Downtown gift certificates online, while supplies last, according to a release from the Traverse City Downtown Development Authority.
The promotion will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at downtowntc.com and will run until the matching funds are gone.
Consumers Energy announced the program last week by providing $500,000 to support shopping in 55 local communities in the Lower Peninsula. The âOur Townâ program provides holiday shoppers with a dollar-for-dollar match for gift cards they buy through various local Chambers of Commerce and downtown organizations, according to an email from Cons
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The Consumers Energy Our Town program is giving some small businesses a boost in Traverse City.
Starting Friday morning at 8 a.m., every downtown gift certificate purchased online will be matched by Consumers.
They will match purchases up to $100 from downtowntc.com.
The Traverse City Downtown Development Authority says it could get people out spending money.
“We are just hoping that people come with these gift certificates that they have gotten through this program, now or right after the holidays and do a lot of shopping in downtown Traverse City,” said Katy McCain, Director of Community Development.
The Our Town matching program is first come first serve, and will end once the money is gone.
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