December 11, 2013
July 13, 2011
Vol 13 No 28
Shopping with the Saints
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Win $500 for shopping in St. Charles and St. Peters The Cities of Saint Charles and Saint Peters are proud to be the home of many outstanding businesses. The cities are hosting a shop local campaign known as Shopping with the Saints: Saint Charles, Saint Peters and Saint Nicholas. Shopping with the Saints is being promoted between the Greater St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce and the Cities of St. Charles and St. Peters. These two communities offer an array of shopping with numerous businesses and big box retailers throughout. What makes each community unique? In St. Charles it is historic Main Street with more than 100 locally owned shops. In St. Peters, it is Mid Rivers Mall which features numerous national retailers. Each compliments the other when it comes to shopping. When you shop, dine, and play locally, it helps generate additional sales tax dollars to support the many needs of our growing communities. Shopping with the Saints helps our businesses maintain a healthy local job market and ensure future business growth. Every dollar that is spent locally helps merchants to prosper, which allows them to provide jobs, pay taxes, and give support to local charitable organizations.
Remember, it’s not about how much you spend, it’s about where you spend it, especially now that work on the Blanchette Bridge has begun. This campaign was initiated in 2012 to remind residents, business owners and visitors to shop locally. “Last year,” said St. Charles Mayor Sally Faith,” we did not want to allow potential challenges associated with rehabilitation of the Blanchette Bridge to deter shoppers from enjoying the holiday season in our communities. Now that we’re beyond this major infrastructure project,” she continued, “we want to underscore the fact that retail businesses serve as a vital component to the economic base in our cities. For when all of us shop, dine and play locally, we’re collectively helping our business owners maintain a healthy, vibrant local job market.” If you do your holiday shopping in St. Charles and St. Peters, you could win one of two $500 cash prizes. To win, you do to do your shopping locally before December 30. Entries must be received by December 30, 2013 by 5pm. To enter, turn in three original receipts from three separate businesses in St. Charles and three original receipts from three separate businesses in St. Peters. No
photocopied receipts will be accepted. Multiple entries per person will be accepted. The official contest winner will be notified prior to the awards presentations. For official entry rules, visit www.gstccc.com/shoppingwiththesaints. For more information, please call 636.946.0633 or email info@GSTCCC. com.
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