{"id":83349,"date":"2024-11-12T15:59:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=83349"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:59:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:59:15","slug":"downtown-hays-hosts-holiday-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=83349","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Hays hosts Holiday Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Story by RORY MOORE Photos by RORY MOORE and SIDNEY GILKISON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Downtown Hays Development Corporation organized the Christmas on the Bricks open house Thursday through Saturday, which aimed to promote local businesses across the Downtown area ahead of the holidays with stores selling Christmas accessories and decorations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBasically, it is the kickoff to the holiday season,\u201d said DHDC Executive Director Julie Rider. \u201cWe have the city put up wreaths on the lamp posts. The stores have already been decorated for Christmas. It\u2019s a five-to-six-week period for our stores to kick off Christmas and encourage people to shop local.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city has also taken measures to encourage residents to shop at these stores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe facilitate the holiday open house for them,\u201d Rider said. \u201cIt includes a holiday coupon book that is available to the public to purchase over the next several weeks, and it also starts our downtown dollar giveaway ticket program. So, when they make purchases in those stores, they receive tickets that they can put their name on and stick them in a box. Then, in the middle of December, we will do a drawing to give away $4,000 for them to come back and spend in Downtown Hays.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n