Blogs and success stories
2026-09-01
A Star Is Born: El Paso Engages with Community to Shine a Spotlight on Local Businesses
2026-07-15
Shop Local as a Movement: The bold Buy El Paso program
2026-07-07
The Passport to Local: a Modern Experience with a Nostalgic Soul
2026-05-08
Delivering 24X of Real Impact to Local Economies
2026-04-21
A Layered Success: How Arlington County and Local BIDs Team Up to Maximize Open Rewards
2026-04-11
Maryland's First: How Howard County Is Redefining Local Commerce
2026-04-10
19X ROI in Local Economic Impact: Inside Littleton, CO's Award-Winning Shop Local Program
2026-04-06
Scoring Big for Main Street: Champion Local Businesses During Major Events
2026-03-19
Keep Businesses Open While the Roads Are Closed: Your First-Response Tool for Construction Disruptions
2026-03-13
Helping Local Businesses Through Construction -City of Englewood's Countermeasure that Reversed the Slump
2026-03-13
How the City of North Richland Hills Turned Hotel Occupancy Tax into $1M+ in Economic Impact
2025-11-13
Resource rangers: City of Englewood shares how they used the shop local program to create big impact with limited resources
2025-09-29
Indio Shop Local Rewards Program drives community impact and economic growth
2025-09-26
Driving scalable economic growth with Open Rewards: Insights from community programs
2025-07-21
The economic impact of incentivizing local spending: What communities can expect
2025-07-07
Driving local economic growth with shop local programs: Success stories from El Paso and Orange
2025-07-01
How Shop San Joaquin is driving local economic growth and community engagement
2025-05-24
Is your city ready for the next economic curveball? Building resilience with dynamic local stimulus
2025-05-18
How to set up a successful shop local program with Open Rewards
2025-05-08
Are gift cards the right method for your shop local initiative?
2025-04-25
Holiday magic meets local impact: How the Open Rewards buy local app drives year-round success
2025-01-13
Boosting BR&E: Success stories with Colorado communities
2024-08-15
How Southlake, TX delivered $1.5M in economic impact with Open Rewards
2024-07-16
Open Rewards benefits the whole community
2024-04-04
Shop more in Lancaster: How the city is using the shop local app Open Rewards to support businesses
2024-03-27
Leveraging a new shop local app for Small Business Week (and beyond)
2024-03-19
Is your community’s shop local program helping or hurting the consumer shopping experience?
2024-02-26
How Arlington County, VA’s BizLaunch is building a strong business community with Open Rewards
2024-01-04
Building a community-focused economic development strategy in Hermiston, OR with innovative shop local program
2023-11-03
Shop local this holiday season: A guide to launching a successful holiday campaign
2023-09-12
Las Vegas rolls out innovative shop local campaign to help impacted businesses
2023-07-31
Think outside the “big" box: The economic impact of a shop local program
2023-06-06
The untapped community impact of electric vehicle charging stations
2023-05-01
Keep local dollars local: A guide to a successful shop local program
2023-02-07
Shopping local is now easier than ever in Lancaster, CA
2022-07-13