11/2/2020 11:18:00 AM Chamber Bucks will be taken out of circulation
Myrna Welter, membership coordinator for the Stewartville Area Chamber of Commerce, displays a sampling of Chamber Bucks that will be taken out of circulation as of Dec. 31, 2020.
As of Dec. 31, the Stewartville Area Chamber of Commerce is taking its Chamber Bucks out of circulation. Gwen Ravenhorst, Chamber administrator, said in an email the Chamber Bucks program has lost popularity over the past five years. After the Chamber recently ran out of the special currency, Chamber leaders decided maybe it's time to start a new "Shop Local" program that is online, user and business friendly, and environmentally green, Ravenhorst said... For more on this story pick up your copy of the Nov. 3 Stewartville STAR.