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Join mycarrick.ieCarrick Chamber asks shoppers to ‘Keep Your Town in Business, by Keeping Your Business in Town’
[ Posted on December 7, 2011 ]
L-R: Terry Casey, Role Skillnets (lead sponsor); Gerry Faughnan, President, Carrick Chamber; David McWilliams; Bernadette Gallagher; Colm McGrath, Vice-President Carrick Chamber; Ray Gannon, membership officer, Carrick Chamber. (Pic by Keith Nolan)
Carrick Chamber is asking everyone to be mindful of how important it is to ‘Shop Local’ in order to support local employment and businesses. They also highlighted a range of events taking place in the Town Centre in the run up to the Holiday period. Additionally, the Chamber announced their additional extensive efforts to support trade in the town.
Chamber president, Gerry Faughnan stated: “We are reviving a slogan, as its message stands the test of time:- ‘Keep Your Town in Business, by Keeping Your Business in Town’. A lot of local people work in outlets in Carrick, and these businesses are often the first ones called on for support by community groups and clubs organising fundraisers.
“We have put in a range of supports for businesses in addition to organising the town Christmas lights. We have just taken delivery of our new MyCarrick.ie ‘Shop Local’ shopping bags to really get the message out there. Our new MyCarrick.ie shop window stickers are going up around town. They will enable direct contact from smartphones and drive traffic to our MyCarrick.ie site, and especially its ‘What’s on’ and ‘Offers’ sections. It’s really important for businesses to make use of these sections of the MyCarrick.ie site as they are attracting a huge amount of ‘hits’. We have secured agreement from the council to waive parking fees in the town centre from December 8th to January the 8th which will be a big help to everyone. Additionally, several businesses have indicated that they will be doing special offers on selected days”.
He also emphasised that “Carrick on Shannon is one of the premier shopping Meccas in the region. There’s a great choice of keenly priced goods, whether in the larger retailers or shopping in the niche outlets in the relaxed ambiance of the town centre”.
Stressing the Chamber’s support for a host of activities taking place in the Town Centre over the Christmas shopping period, he said many businesses have pulled out all the stops to provide good value, and entertainment, for shoppers.
The following events will be held in the Town Centre:
Christmas Farmers Markets in The Market Yard Centre.
These will be held every Thursday from 10-2 pm in December.
Seasonal carol singing with loads of great artisan foods from local producers.
Winter Market at The Dock. December 10th and 11th from 12 – 5PM. Promises to be a magical day out for all the family. There will be a lively mix of stalls with artisan crafts, local cuisine, delicious mulled wine, live music and more.
Christmas Market at the Courtyard. Up to 20 various stalls and free Santa. Friday 16th December from 5-9pm and Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th from 2-7pm.
For a full list of Events and Offers, check out www.MyCarrick.ie.
