{"id":1211,"date":"2014-09-30T10:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2014-09-30T10:54:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T14:54:14","slug":"buy-in-brick-property-tax-discount-program-to-begin-oct-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/09\/buy-in-brick-property-tax-discount-program-to-begin-oct-1\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Buy in Brick’ Property Tax Discount Program to Begin Oct. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Brick Township municipal complex. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Buy in Brick property tax discount program aimed at encouraging township residents to support local business, will begin October 1, officials announced.<\/p>\n

Under the program, residents pick up a discount card, then use it at participating businesses who credit a percentage of each purchase back to the resident’s property tax bill. The program is intended to spur commerce in town by giving residents an incentive to shop locally.<\/p>\n

Buy In Brick Cards will be available in the Brick Municipal Building, 401 Chambers Bridge Road, for residents during regular office hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cards will also be available at select township events such as Bricktoberfest on October 18.\u00a0 The cards are free.<\/p>\n

Everyone who receives a card, which must then be activated online, will receive instructions on how to register the card and a list of participating merchants, officials said in the announcement.<\/p>\n

“We are very excited to launch Buy In Brick,” said Mayor John Ducey, in the announcement. “We are the first town in Ocean County to offer this type of program and I am confident that it is going to be an enormous success.”<\/p>\n

The current list of participating businesses includes:<\/p>\n