For a one-time, minimal commitment fee, they are then put on the list. This commitment fee ensures that they are willing to accept the dollars and that they will ensure their staff knows what they are as well.

We sell them dollar for dollar, so what you pay for is what you get.

When you take Downtown Dollars to a participating business, they are essentially as good as cash. We discourage the businesses from giving back change, so for example we encourage you to spend $10 Downtown Dollars for a $12 purchase. Our denominations are $5's and $10's, so this also means that you can share the love amongst several businesses, or spent it all in one - the choice is yours.

We have an annual budget that we use for social media giveaways (which we do often, so follow us @discoverdowntownlangley), and people also purchase them for their own use and as gifts. Every year, about $50,000 gets circulated throughout our small businesses, which is wonderful!

Back in 2011 we wanted to come up with a program that would rival big-box gift cards and re-direct this support to the small businesses.

Currently there are just over 100 businesses representing over 35 different categories (there's almost 30 restaurants on the list!). This changes weekly as new businesses sign up, so keep checking the list where they can be redeemed.