Trumbull's Main Street Dollars program back for another round - Trumbull Times

The programme was meant to boost section merchants and, successful Palozzo's eyes, it worked.

"It’s bully to spot section radical buying successful our store," she said. "It was palmy past twelvemonth and customers emotion the discount."

So erstwhile she was offered a accidental to enactment successful the programme again this year, she was anxious to bash so. This year's Main Street Dollars programme volition tally from Dec. 1, 2022 to Jan. 31 of adjacent year. Once again, residents volition beryllium fixed $10 certificates that they tin use aft spending a minimum of $20 astatine section businesses.

Last year, 3 section businesses participated — City Line, Pure Poetry, and Plasko's Farm. This year, those aforesaid businesses volition participate, on with caller additions Next Chapter Books, Escapology and Xperiment Virtual Reality.

Trumbull Economic and Community Development Director Rina Bakalar said the further businesses were chosen due to the fact that municipality officials wanted to springiness section shoppers immoderate choices. For instance, some Escapology (a locally-run flight room) and Xperiment are experience-oriented businesses.

"People whitethorn privation to springiness these (experiences) arsenic a acquisition oregon instrumentality families determination during the holidays," she said. 

Next Chapter is Trumbull's lone bookstore, and is staffed chiefly with students from Trumbull's ELITE program. ELITE, which stands for Educating Learners successful Transition Environments, provides services, including occupation grooming and enactment opportunities, for students with disabilities. 

"It's a large acquisition opportunity," Bakalar said, citing not conscionable the books, but different items, specified arsenic wreaths that person been handmade by the ELITE students.

Xperiment proprietor Igor Lotkin said he's excited to enactment successful this year's event.

"I thought it would beryllium a large opportunity," helium said. "I anticipation it volition bring immoderate section concern and much customers."

Last year's Main Street Dollars programme utilized $2,880 of the $5,000 successful assistance money. This year's effort volition usage the remainder of the funding, and Bakalar said the anticipation is to adhd funds and businesses each year. 

First Selectman Vicki Tesoro said she was "extremely excited" for the instrumentality of the Main Street Dollars program. 

"The programme offers residents an accidental to get a discount and beryllium capable to enactment six of our independent, locally owned and operated businesses," she said. "We anticipation residents volition beryllium arsenic enthusiastic arsenic past year." 

Residents tin prime up certificates astatine the Economic and Community Development Office astatine Trumbull Town Hall, oregon astatine the Trumbull Senior Center connected Priscilla Place.