For the fifth year, Trumbull will offer Main Street Dollars certificates to Trumbull residents to be used from December 4, 2025 – January 31, 2026. The program is designed to promote locally run businesses that offer gift, entertainment or personal wellness options for families to take advantage of during the holidays and winter months.
The Main Street Dollars program will provide a minimum of 275 certificates to Trumbull residents to spend from December 4, 2025 – January 31, 2026. This year each certificate is worth $15 dollars, and a customer must spend a minimum of $30 dollars at one of the participating businesses to apply the certificate. Certificates can be applied toward any services, goods or merchandise at Plasko’s Farm, Pure Poetry, Next Chapter Bookstore, City Line Florist, Xperiment Virtual Reality, Naturally U, and Intrinsic Wellness Studio. Up to two certificates per household will be offered this year. Residents can pick up certificates Monday through Friday at the Economic and Community Development Office at Trumbull Town Hall (7:30a.m.-5:00p.m.), or at the Trumbull Senior Center on Priscilla Place (9:00a.m.-3:30p.m.).
“I want to encourage everyone to visit our shops and buy local as often as possible this holiday season and every day. Buying local keeps money in our economy to generate even more benefits to our community. We are excited to announce our fifth year of the Main Street Dollars Program, supporting seven of our local businesses. The first four years of the program facilitated over $33,000 in sales at participating businesses. We thank the Trumbull Rotary Club and the Mustard Seed Foundation for sponsoring the program again this year,” stated First Selectman Tesoro.
“The Rotary Club of Trumbull is proud to be a sponsor of Main Street Dollars again this year. As proud members of the Trumbull community, we appreciate our small businesses and all that they do in our town. We are happy to participate in this wonderful season of giving and we wish our town leaders, businesses, and residents a happy and healthy holiday season,” stated Kathleen Eigenrauch, Trumbull Rotary Club president.
Rina Bakalar, Director of Economic & Community Development, has evaluated the impact of the program each year and says, “We are always looking to drive bottom line benefit to our businesses to help them to expand their customer base and profits. Approximately 71% of certificates issued last year were utilized. This is a high return rate for coupon programs, but we feel it can be even higher. We are adding Intrinsic Wellness Studio this year for residents interested in personal care services as gifts or for themselves. We will continue to grow this program over time and add additional businesses in the future.”
This effort is part of the Trumbull Celebrates Local initiative. Residents are encouraged to take advantage of the certificates and to visit and support our other small businesses in town. For a list of many Trumbull small, locally operated businesses, please visit //www.trumbull-ct.gov/895/Locally-Owned-Businesses.
For more information about the Main Street Dollars certificates contact Rina Bakalar at 203-452-5043 or rbakalar@trumbull-ct.gov or Michele Jakab at 203-452-5199 or mjakab@trumbull-ct.gov.