Downtown businesses gear up for Saturday sidewalk sales, specials and Pit Stop promotion
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
When you come downtown Saturday for the Junior Achievement Car Show, bring comfortable walking shoes and stay awhile!
The downtown Columbia City merchants are eager to welcome you to their stores for sales and their “Pit Stop” promotion – an opportunity for you to win prizes.
Simply stop at any downtown business with a “Pit Stop” sign in the window to pick up your pass, visit all the stops on Pit Row and get a stamp or sticker to validate your pass. Once completed, turn your pass in at any Pit Stop by 3 p.m. and you’ll be entered to win up to a $50 gas card.
“All the business are going to make sure their boxes of cards are taken to Ball Furniture and at 3:30 p.m., they’ll draw,” said Pat Hatcher of the Columbia City Area Chamber of Commerce.
Hatcher said entrants need not be present to win, but stressed the importance of including an address and telephone number on the pit pass card.
The idea for the promotion began during on of the downtown business owners’ monthly meetings and was supported by the Columbia City Area Chamber of Commerce.
Hatcher said the promotion will be a good opportunity for residents to take a look at all the downtown businesses have to offer.
“Go visit those people and see what they’ve got,” Hatcher said. She sited plans for sidewalk sales, in store specials and more at the 16 participating locations downtown.
While you’re downtown, visit the car show from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and the Farmers Market from 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
“I hope people go downtown and enjoy the day,” added Hatcher. “Sometimes we forget what’s in our own backyard. This is another way to shop local.”