Downtown Dollars Sign Up

Sign up for this new, exciting program!

Here’s how it works:

Downtown Dollars (DDs) will be sold in $10 and $20 increments (maximum $500 per single purchase)
Downtown businesses will accept the Dollars like cash. That is, if someone gives you a $20 DD for a $17 purchase, you give them $3 cash change.
Until December 24, Downtown Dollars will be available for sale at a discount – that is, $50 of DD will cost $40, $100 of DD will cost $80. There is no cost to sign up and no cost to businesses. Downtown Kingston! will reimburse businesses the 20%.
Downtown Dollars will have no expiry date

How am I reimbursed? Bring your DDs to the Downtown Kingston! office and we will reimburse you either that day or very shortly thereafter
How do I tell if the Downtown Dollar is real? The Dollars will be printed on synthetic paper – it’s impossible to tear so we suggest that employees do a ‘tear test’ on them before they accept it. We will send a sample $10 and sample $20 to each business.
How will shoppers know they can spend Downtown Dollars in my store? We will provide small window or cash register posters to each participating business
What if my staff have questions? Our phone number is on the back of the dollar – give us a call!
Is there a down side? NO! it’s a great gift and we expect them to be extremely popular given the pre-holiday discount.
Where can people buy them? To start, at the Leon’s Centre Box Office and in our office.
When is the launch date? If all goes well, Monday, November 23.
How long will the program run? We are starting it as a Holiday promotion…we will evaluate and hopefully continue into the new year.

If you don’t see your question here, just give us a call. 613-542-8677