Announcement from Paulette Jones.
Our "In The News Page" has grown so much, thanks to our local media. We have now started a scrapbook and will not be posting the articles, due to so much positive media about our mob. The page can't handle all the wonderful articles. Thank you for you interest and we hope to have the scrapbook done soon and at each mob.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
Cash Mob Myrtle Creek/Tri City in the news!
This was in the Douglas County Mail May 3, 2012.
Cash Mob Myrtle Creek/Tri City in the news!
This was in the Douglas County News May 9, 2012
Cash Mob Myrtle Creek/Tri City in the news!
This was in the Douglas County Mail May 10,2012
1st Mob Myrtle Creek Dollar Plus on 2nd St.
This was from The News Review. 2nd Page on Sunday 5/13/2012.
1st Mob Myrtle Creek Dollar Plus on 2nd St.
This was in The Douglas County News. Front Page. 5/16/2012
Douglas County News 5/16/12
Douglas County News 5/16/2012
Douglas County Mail 5/17/2012
Front PAGE!! and we also had the whole 3rd page of pictures
Ad from Myrtle Creek Dollar Plus
In this ad she mentions that they were mobbed by the Myrtle Creek/ Tri City Cash Mob.
For The Good of the Community
In this article that was in the Douglas County Mail our Mayor Dan Jocoy mentions our first mob.
Cash Mob 2 Set!
Douglas County Mail 6/14/12
Cash Mob 2 Success Again!
Douglas County News 6/20/12
Getting mobbed is now a good thing.....we think so too!
Douglas County Mail 6/21/12
We made the local news! KPIC story with video. 6/18/12
Video link http://www.kpic.com/news/business/Cash-Mob-hits-small-town-of-Myrtle-Creek-159472895.html?tab=video&c=y
MYRTLE CREEK, Ore. -- While there have been a lot of recent news reports in
bigger cities about 'Flash Robs,' one small
Douglas County community has been doing something a little different.
It's called a 'Cash Mob.'
The Myrtle Creek Chamber of Commerce just held their second monthly cash mob.
The idea is to pack a group of locals into a local store and boost their
business by buying merchandise.
The event was deemed a success. Belinda Legg, along with her husband Steve,
own the Treasures of the Heart shop in Myrtle Creek.
They were the latest 'victim' of the cash mob. "I didn't really get to look
at anybody, it was so full," she said.
In one forty minute shopping spree, the cash mob brought them about $650 in
sales.
The cash mob isn't a free for all. There are three rules: spend $10, meet
three new friends and have fun.
Organizer Paulette Jones puts her money where her mouth is. She even bought
the poster board for her cash mob signs at the Dollar Store in Myrtle Creek,
where the first cash mob was held.
She says people often tell her that everything is closing up. "They say it's
getting so empty and there's no jobs here and all this stuff, but people are
taking their money outside of town," she said.
Steve told KPIC News, "When the community's prosperous, then business is
usually better. When you have people losing their jobs, then it affects the
small businesses too," he said. "And then you would like to hire, you know,
more, but you can't," added Belinda.
A community can turn that around if they peruse their neighborhood stores
instead of traveling elsewhere.
If you buy local and stay local, the cash mobbers think people will be
surprised at the treasures they find.
bigger cities about 'Flash Robs,' one small
Douglas County community has been doing something a little different.
It's called a 'Cash Mob.'
The Myrtle Creek Chamber of Commerce just held their second monthly cash mob.
The idea is to pack a group of locals into a local store and boost their
business by buying merchandise.
The event was deemed a success. Belinda Legg, along with her husband Steve,
own the Treasures of the Heart shop in Myrtle Creek.
They were the latest 'victim' of the cash mob. "I didn't really get to look
at anybody, it was so full," she said.
In one forty minute shopping spree, the cash mob brought them about $650 in
sales.
The cash mob isn't a free for all. There are three rules: spend $10, meet
three new friends and have fun.
Organizer Paulette Jones puts her money where her mouth is. She even bought
the poster board for her cash mob signs at the Dollar Store in Myrtle Creek,
where the first cash mob was held.
She says people often tell her that everything is closing up. "They say it's
getting so empty and there's no jobs here and all this stuff, but people are
taking their money outside of town," she said.
Steve told KPIC News, "When the community's prosperous, then business is
usually better. When you have people losing their jobs, then it affects the
small businesses too," he said. "And then you would like to hire, you know,
more, but you can't," added Belinda.
A community can turn that around if they peruse their neighborhood stores
instead of traveling elsewhere.
If you buy local and stay local, the cash mobbers think people will be
surprised at the treasures they find.