Introducing the NEW Poplar Bluff eGift Card!
At The Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce, we’re always looking for innovative ways to grow our members’ businesses and build community. To that end, we’re excited to introduce the Poplar Bluff eGift Card! Consumers can purchase the Card as gifts or for self-use, and companies can use it for employee rewards, anniversary gifts, customer appreciation, survey incentives, contests and anything they might have used a gift card for – but the dollars stay local and benefit our shops and restaurants and our Community.
People will purchase the Cards online and email, text or print them for use in your shops and restaurants. To accept the Cards you need to be able to process a key-entry (like a phone order) Mastercard, and you are paid through your credit card bank in your normal settlement, with your normal Mastercard CNP processing fee. The Cards only work at participating merchants, i.e. those who opt-in. There is no cost to you to participate in the program!
To sign up or learn more, email jtownsend@poplarbluffchamber.org.
DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN 2020We hired a professional firm (Downtown Strategies) to conduct a new strategic plan for our downtown. Many of you were able to attend one of the community meetings. These are the top 5 priorities that Downtown Strategies outlined in their plan, in no particular order:
- Create a Community Improvement District to benefit downtown property owners
- Create a pedestrian only area.
- Research and implement business incentives.
- Implement a vacant storefront registration program.
- Create a “To-go cup” ordinance within the pedestrian only area.
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OPPORTUNITY ZONE INVESTMENT
The City of Poplar Bluff is home to federally-designated Opportunity Zones, including a zone in Downtown Poplar Bluff. Click the link to learn more about Poplar Bluff’s Zones and how you can invest in our growing community!
City of Poplar Bluff Opportunity Zone Investment Prospectus
Danielle Berry, Health Partners Management Group
Austin Williams, Cane Creek Stone
Josh Harmon, Walmart
Todd Bullington, Sterling Bank
Brandon Woolard, Commerce Bank
Ryan Hendricks, Briggs & Stratton
Charles Dunlap, Revere Plastics
Jeff Kurcab, Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Jeff Baldwin, Baldwin Automotive
Jeff Welker, Wil Fischer Distributing
Charlotte Eubank, Three Rivers College
Joe Leahy, Smith & Company
Crystal Jones, Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission