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Ed
& Paula Palagyi from Conneaut, OH won over $3,000 in prizes for
Main Street
Greenville’s Win the Window Contest.
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Main Street
contest helps generate over $683,000 in sales
GREENVILLE, Ohio- From November - December, those who shopped downtown
Greenville earned tickets for a chance to win over $3,000 in
merchandise and gift certificates through Main Street Greenville’s “Win
the Window”contest.
"The contest was created as a fun way for our organization to encourage
others to shop the locally-owned small businesses in our downtown
during the holiday season," said Amber Garrett, Executive Director for
Main Street Greenville.
Participating businesses provided merchandise or gift certificates to
place in Main Street Greenville’s office window, located in the Darke
County Welcome Center. “We were blown-away when the participating
businesses provided over $3,000 for the promotional event, but the
businesses believed in the idea and wanted to be a part of it,” said
Garrett.
Holiday shoppers received one ticket for every $5, up to single
purchases of $1,000. The more a person would spend, the more entries
that person received.
Last year’s contest tracked over $500,000 spent in the downtown
district during the contest. This year, the contest generated over
$684,000 of sales during the 30-day promotion.
“Based upon the excitement we saw last year, we felt we had a good
chance at exceeding the amount, but we were thrilled to see that large
of an increase in one year,” said Garrett.
Country Primitives, a locally owned home decor shop, saw a huge
increase in their sales. “During the holiday season this year, our
sales were up 50% from last year. I would attribute a large portion of
that increase to the contest and the exposure we receive throughout the
year from Main Street Greenville’s First Friday events.”
The drawing for the winning ticket took place the Friday before
Christmas. Ed Palagyi’s ticket was selected as the lucky winner from a
large 50-gallon bin, filled with over 136,800 tickets.
Ed and his wife, Paula, were in Greenville over the Thanksgiving
holiday to visit family. During their visit from Conneaut, Ohio, they
made their way downtown to do some shopping. Little did they know this
decision would benefit them greatly in the near future.
Ed and Paula were both extremely excited to hear they won, “Please
share our sincere gratitude to the downtown businesses and let them
know we plan to keep a few of the items and will share the rest with
friends and family over the holidays,” said Ed.
Second National Bank, the event sponsor for the second year in a row,
was happy to see the contest kept our local businesses busy this
holiday season. “It’s great to see so many shoppers supporting
our local businesses. While filling out tickets it was fun
listening to all the comments by shoppers on what they would do if
their ticket was drawn and they won the contest,” said Vickie Wessling,
Marketing Coordinator, Second National Bank.
Mark your calendar for this year’s event from November 15th - December
15th of 2016.
Main Street Greenville is a non-profit organization that supports
downtown Greenville, Ohio through stimulating and supporting
revitalization efforts, historic preservation and economic growth.
Learn more about the organization and the contest on their website,
www.mainstreetgreenville.org, or follow them on Facebook. You can
contact them at agarrett@mainstreetgreenville.org or 937-548-4998.
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