“In advance of the holiday season, the County of San Mateo and seven cities are asking shoppers to support local small business and rewarding those that do through a new points-based mobile app that lets them earn cash discounts at participating locations.
The ‘Choose Local San Mateo County’ program is a way for both shoppers and businesses to benefit while helping the post-pandemic recovery.”
“The easy-to-use ‘Choose Local San Mateo County‘ mobile app enables shoppers to earn rewards automatically at hundreds of participating local businesses, which include restaurants, cafes, spas, boutiques, yoga studios, and more.
This initial launch includes participating businesses from seven pilot areas: Daly City, Half Moon Bay/Coastside, Millbrae, Redwood City and North Fair Oaks, San Carlos, San Mateo, and South San Francisco, with plans to expand to additional cities soon. To date, over 290 businesses are participating in the ‘Choose Local San Mateo County’ program, with new businesses joining daily.
One point equates to one dollar, which can then be redeemed as cash discounts at select businesses. All rewards are reimbursed by the County of San Mateo through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding at no cost to the small businesses or consumers.”
How ‘Choose Local San Mateo County‘ Works:
Download the free ‘Choose Local San Mateo County’ app from Google Play or the Apple Store and securely link your credit cards, debit cards, or prepaid debit cards to your account. The first 700 users to download and link a card will receive 10 ‘SMC Points!’
Join reward offers and start shopping and dining locally, earning ‘SMC Points’ automatically through qualifying purchases made with your linked cards at local businesses.
Redeem ‘SMC Points’ for cash discounts at redeeming local businesses. Each ‘SMC Point’ is worth one dollar.
Encourage your favorite businesses to join ‘Choose Local San Mateo County’ signing up here.
ABOUT THE SAN MATEO EVENT CENTER
During COVID, the San Mateo Event Center was unable to host most events but instead played a vital role in protecting our health care workers and most vulnerable populations by serving as a COVID-19 testing site, operations hub, and supply center, 250-bed temporary overflow hospital, and vaccine distribution center for the San Francisco Bay Area. To date, the Event Center has
administered 250,000 COVID-19 tests and vaccinated more than 90,000 individuals.
ABOUT THE SAN MATEO COUNTY FAIR
The award-winning San Mateo County Fair is the Peninsula’s premier community event for family fun and entertainment. The San Mateo County Fair strives to provide a diverse experience through education, inspiration, and entertainment. The annual Fair represents a celebration of our community’s talent, interests, innovations, and rich agricultural and artistic heritage.
