Session led by Katrina Scott di Carlo

Supportland

• city-wide rewards program

• customer card system using points and incentives

• small business friendly, inexpensive

• creates a cycle of outgoing points and incoming points

• customers and retailers create a symbiosis

• discount using local sources

• not an alternative currency

• currently developing a slimmed down version for non-brick and mortar businesses, and expanding soon to manufacturing and non-traditional businesses

• promotion: independent business association

• launching in a month

Potential to use card technology throughout the US

Collaboration is a lot of work