New mobile gift card program sponsored by Pottstown Area Industrial Development (PAID), Inc., Pottstown employers, and merchants serves as a simple way to give back to our community.
POTTSTOWN, PA–March 21—Pottstown Area Industrial Development (PAID), Inc. is proud to announce the new I Pick Pottstown Community Gift Card, a community-based digital gift card that makes it fun and easy to keep local spending local. Purchase an I Pick Pottstown Community Gift Card here to use at any of the participating locations in the Borough of Pottstown. With this card, you can write a personal message and send it to family, friends and colleagues via email, text, or physical copy. Recipients can choose to spend it at one of the many participating merchants in the Borough of Pottstown—or mix it up and spend flexibly at multiple locations. All-digital and always available on your phone, the I Pick Pottstown Community Gift Card is great for birthdays, holidays, teacher appreciation, coach gifts, or just to show your appreciation to a friend. Now you can give back to the community while you celebrate Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and graduations coming up soon.
Participating in this program means supporting the heart of what makes our community unique. The purchase of an I Pick Pottstown Community Gift Card creates a pool of cash that local businesses in the Borough of Pottstown can rely on. Studies have shown that local independent retailers recirculate 47% of their revenue back into the community, while only 14% of national chains’ revenue stays in the community. More dramatically, restaurants recirculate 73% of their revenue back into the community, versus only 30% for national chains.
By supporting local businesses, more money continues circulating through the local community—this is achieved through a combination of profits paid to local business owners, wages paid to local workers, goods and services procured locally for internal use or resale, and charitable giving within the community. If you’re looking for a way to do some good or want to know how you can help the community you love, send an I Pick Pottstown Community Gift Card today! For more information or to participate as a merchant in the program, please contact Alex Thigpen at athigpen@paidinc.org or 610-326-2900.
Pottstown Area Industrial Development, Inc. (PAID) is a 501c(3) non-profit corporation originally formed in 1965 to promote commercial and industrial development in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. PAID provides services to businesses and organizations seeking to invest, expand or relocate including assistance with site selection, commercial and industrial real estate development and redevelopment, financing, and workforce development. PAID continues to carry out the I Pick Pottstown campaign to create awareness of Pottstown’s assets and attract new businesses to the Borough.