By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Several downtown business owners have been exploring ways to draw more attention to downtown St. Joseph, and they seem to have found a way.
A first-time event has already begun drawing more people to downtown St. Joseph's many shops and boutiques.
Downtown Bingo was created as a fun way to get to know the retailers downtown.
Owner of the Manic Snail Dana Massin says even in the first days of the event many people were already playing.
"There are several that I saw that had multiple stickers just on the first day and we hope that it will encourage people, there's a number of ways that you can get a bingo, if you're just going for a single line bingo, or maybe you're a really ambitious person whose going for the full blackout, you know the full card," Massin tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "And so, hopefully it keeps downtown present of mind for a lot people."
Massin, along with Riley Wolfe from Mokaska Coffee, designed the month-long event. The game will run through February 4th with several prizes being designed for winners.
Massin says those participating in the game can fill out as many bingo cards as they would like.
"They'll only get one sticker per purchase, and each of the businesses has their own unique sticker," Massin explains. "But they can start as many cards as they like."
Massin says herself and Wolfe are still working on all the different prize packs, but the prizes range from a gift card to possibly even bigger prizes if you get a premium bingo
"Prize or experience from four different merchants, so you'd maybe get a gift card and maybe get a gift basket from someone," Massin says. "There have been some really cool prizes that were donated by businesses, so we're putting together packages that make sense and kind of go together."
You can find the rules and different types of bingos you can get on the event page on Facebook.
