Downtown Dollars
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
Here are the answers to some questions you might have:
- 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.
