Gift Certificate Incentive Launched to Boost Downtown Economy by Erie Downtown Partnership
Supporting our local businesses
From Small Business Saturday, November 28th to Giving Tuesday, December 1st, there will be gift certificate sales put together by the Erie Downtown Partnership. Gift certificate sales will be going on through the platform Patronicity. It's a service EDP used to help with business repairs after the May 30th Downtown riots.
You can find out more information on the Erie Downtown Partnership website. You will find a list of over 60 businesses that will accept the Downtown certificates on their website. While on their site, you can get $10 free for every $10 spent, with a maximum of $50.
The Erie Community Foundation Helping Today gran t placed $10,000 down, and once the reserve money is gone, the sale will end.
According to Events manager Dave Tamulonis, "This is our first time running a sale with a100%, buy-one-get-one match, shopping local is more important this year than ever, and we wanted to do something big. The campaign has the potential to put $20,000 back into the economy of Downtown Erie and help get our businesses through a tough holiday season."
