Call your sales representative today 360-675-6611
Enjoy your newly redesigned Whidbey News Group shopper.
Place an ad to reach over 16,750 Oak Harbor readers!
Whidbey Xtra! WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015 | Vol. 1, No. 34 | WWW.WHIDBEYNEWSTIMES.COM | FREE
Ticket promotions encourage shop local campaigns The Central and North Whidbey business communities are enticing residents to shop local with a chance to win big. Sponsored by the newly formed Oak Harbor Main Street Association, 22 Oak Harbor businesses, most of them in historic downtown, are participating in a $1,000 Green Ticket Cash Giveaway. For every $20 spent at participating stores and restaurants, one green ticket is earned for a chance to win $1,000 during a drawing at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19 at Old Town Mall. The participating businesses, identified by green tickets in their windows, are: Baby N Me, Casual House, Collage, Fantasia, Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Frasers Gourmet Hideaway, Garry Oak Gallery, Hot Rock Pizza, Island Paint & Glass, Just Because, Oak Tree Antiques, Paint Your World, Popsies, Red’s Boutique, Rustica, Skagit Cycle, the Jewelry Gallery, Whidbey Inspirations, Whidbey Wild Bird and Wind & Tide Bookshop. Grace by the Sea, a church on Pioneer Way, also is par-
2014 file photo
Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association Executive Director Vickie Chambers holds up the wad of $2 bills the lucky winner received during the 2014 Red Ticket Drawing. ticipating. “Merchants do try very hard to stimulate interest for downtown,” said Kay Coolidge, who owns Popsies, a candy store on Pioneer Way. The Oak Harbor Main
Street Association is taking over that role from the Downtown Merchants Association, which is transitioning into the new organization. Oak Harbor’s Main Street program has already secured
XTRA SPECIAL!
nonprofit status and is awaiting approval to become an official Washington State Main Street community, which would give the group access to resources, including training, grants and other member benefits.
The Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association, which is also a Main Street organization, also holds an annual Red Ticket Drawing. Participating businesses offer customers a red ticket for every $20 spent. The
Present this coupon for
ONE ADDITIONAL MONTH FREE* on a paid one-year subscription
*Not to be combined with any other offers. No cash value.
promotion starts in October and runs until the drawing, which is held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20 on the steps of the Island County Historical Museum. This year Coupeville has 31 businesses participating including: Coupeville Chamber of Commerce, Harbor Gifts and Kayak Rental, Handbag Consignment Shop, Salty Mug Coffee Shop, Coupeville Auto Repair, Collections Boutique, Elkhorn Trading Co., Front Street Realty, Back to the Island, A Touch of Dutch, Far From Normal, The Crow’s Roost, Mon Petit Cache, Front Street Grill, Aqua Gifts, Whidbey Isle Yarns, Gifts and Teas; Vail Wine Shop and Tasting Room, Island County Historical Museum, Windjammer Custom Framing, Christopher’s on Whidbey, Mosquito Fleet Chili, The Oystercatcher, The Coupeville Inn, Penn Cove Gallery, One More Thing!, The Honey Bear, Knead and Feed, Lavender Wind, Toby’s Tavern, Salon Blue and bayleaf. With both drawings, the winners must be present to win.