Shop Locally, Save Liberally
Discount cards encourage residents to shop and save at local retailers.
Cost-conscious consumers are keeping a tighter hold on their pocketbooks these days. When they loosen the purse strings, community group Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington (RFMBPW) hopes the dollars are spent on Main Street rather than online or at big-box stores. The grassroots group dreamed up an incentive program encouraging its members to patronize local retailers; all 2010 RFMBPW members receive a discount card entitling them to markdowns at participating retailers. The member discount program went into effect in January of this year; currently 34 local retailers participate. More retailers are being added each week. Port Washington Estates resident Tracy Lynch doesn't have a member discount card yet but she sees the …
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