We’ve Got YOU!: Nelson Tasman
People of Nelson Tasman, we need your help! We all know a lot of local businesses are doing it tough at the moment. They’ve had to deal with lockdowns, shipping delays, labour shortages and cost increases. But just as the locals got behind our business community last year for the We’ve Got This campaign, we’re getting behind them again by making local joints our focal points. We’ve Got YOU!
It’s time to get that regional money-go-round spinning again Nelson Tasman and each of us can play a role in the region’s economic recovery. How you can help:
? Share this video and tag in some of your favourite local businesses
? Have a hoon on some local hospitality, take your family and friends out for local delights.
? Do your Christmas shopping early and stock up on locally-made things,
☀️ Roam your own region and support our tourism operators and small towns.
Where you spend your money really matters, so let’s give the local businesses that feed us, water us, dress us, entertain us, help us, provide for us and employ us a real shot in the arm.
So, who’ve you got? ❤️
‘We’ve Got You’ Campaign launches to stimulate local spending
Written by Michelle Samson
Posted on Wednesday 15 September 2021
Last year, we launched the community-oriented, crowd-sourced ‘We’ve Got This’ campaign to boost pride in the region and help speed up the economic recovery post-Covid. Following the latest lockdown, the NRDA is launching another community-led campaign called ‘We’ve Got You’ that aims to give local businesses a boost by stimulating local spending.
“We are a region full of small businesses, run by locals. A lot of them are doing it tough at the moment, but we know from the success of last year’s campaign that your support can help ease their pain – both financially and mentally,” says Hannah Norton, spokesperson for NRDA.
The launch video features Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese, Tasman Mayor Tim King, Family Jewels record store owner Grant Smithies, media personality Breffni O’Rourke and many others expressing their support for the local business community to help get them through these tough times.
Due to the uncertainty of ongoing COVID restrictions, major shipping delays, labour shortages and cost increases it has been an incredibly challenging year for many business owners in the region.
“While the restrictions have been disruptive for everyone, some sectors are hurting more than others, with hospitality, retail, tourism and accommodation hit particularly hard by the latest lockdown,” says Norton. “We wanted to show all of our local businesses that are battling through these challenges that we value them and their contribution to the community by saying ‘We’ve got you!’”
Locals are being asked to share the launch video on social media and tag in some of their favourite local businesses. But they’re also being asked to take action and to make local joints their focal points. Whether it’s stopping off for drinks and dinner at your favourite local restaurant or bar, booking in for an extra haircut, doing your Christmas shopping early at some of our amazing local stores, buying local food products and artworks, or roaming the region and supporting our tourism operators, accommodation providers and small towns, it all helps.
“Where you spend your money matters. When you support a local business, that business is able to support another local business, which means we can sustain our communities,” says Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Ali Boswijk. “It might not seem like you can do much to help, but by showing local businesses that you’ve got their back, you’re helping to get that regional money-go-round spinning again.”
For more information, please visit the website www.wevegotyou.nz
For media enquiries, please contact Hannah Norton, NRDA – hannah.norton@nelsontasman.nz
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