If you could use a little more
business right about now, the City of Orlando has a
plan to support you, and it starts with this
wallet-sized card. In this economy, every business
needs to get more creative about how they gain new
customers and keep current ones happy.
As part of
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s Strengthen Orlando
initiative and the City’s overall strategy for
economic growth, the goal of
Buy Local Orlando
is simply to
connect the businesses in Orlando with the buying
power of our local community.
Buy Local Orlando,
a partnership with the Disney Entrepreneur Center, is intended to be a multi-year
program that supports and strengthens Orlando’s
businesses and local jobs and keeps more dollars
spent in our community.
Registered merchants are
encouraged to offer special offers or discounts
exclusive to Buy Local Orlando
consumers. Thousands of FREE wallet-sized Buy
Local Orlando consumer cards are being
distributed to consumers, driving them to support
registered businesses and take advantage of
Buy Local Orlando special offers and
discounts. Consumers will present their Buy
Local Orlando consumer card to the merchant
when making their purchase to benefit from the
offer.
Annual Membership: $99
Businesses will
pay an annual membership rate of $99 to register as a
Buy Local Orlando merchant. All registrations issued in 2009 will be valid until
September 30, 2010.
Businesses must have a current
City-issued business tax receipt number to register
as a Buy Local Orlando merchant. Registration will
be renewed annually, concurrent with the business
tax receipt fiscal year (October 1 - September 30).
Businesses will have the option of renewing their
Buy Local Orlando registration or enrolling as a
merchant when their business tax receipt is renewed
each year.
