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GET YOUR DISCOUNT CARD: The Eagle Discount
Card program continues to grow,
with 45 Ypsilanti-area
businesses now participating. Under the program,
businesses
extend various discounts to EMU students,
faculty, staff, participating alumni and
employees,
and Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce members. |
It's no secret that pizza and textbooks are staples of
life for college students. Satisfying that hunger or taking
care of homework will now be a little less taxing in their
pocketbooks.
That's because Domino's Pizza and Mike's Bookstore (as
well as Michigan Ladder Company) are the newest area businesses
to pledge their support for the new Eagle Discount Card
program.
Under the program, Ypsilanti-area businesses are extending
various discounts on food and merchandise to Eastern Michigan
University students, employees, participating alumni and
retirees, and Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce members
who show their idenfication or membership card. Ted Coutilish,
EMU's associate vice president of marketing and communications,
said his hope is to get 100 businesses to participate in
the program by the start of the school year.
"We encourage all students and employees to take advantage
of these special discounts," Coutilish said.
By May 8, one week after the program officially launched,
33 businesses were signed up for the program. Now, 45 businesses
are involved. In addition to the three newest businesses
to participate, the list includes: Angel Food Catering
and Banquet Hall, Aubree's Pizza, Best Damn Sports Bar,
Bomber Restaurant, Cady's Grill, Frenchie's, Eagle Crest
Golf Club (including The Grille and Ypsilanti Marriott),
J. Neil's Mongolian Grille, Pub13 Restaurant and Dueling
Pianos, Sidetrack Bar & Grill, Sticks Pool & Pub,
Tower Inn Café, Club Divine, Bicycles in Town, Enchanted
Florist, Fischer Honda, Garrett's Florist & Garden
Center, Hey! It's About Me! Personalized Books, Margolis
Nursery Inc., Quinn's Essentials: Gifts, Apparel & Interiors,
Von's Supermarket, World of Rocks, Adventure Center Child
Care, Charles Reinhart Company,
Carriage Cleaners, Dependable Collision Center, Drivers
Driveline, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Esquire Interiors, Gary
M. Moss, O.D., International Collision & Frame, Leave
No Stone Lending & Rite Real Estate, Real Estate One,
Premier Choice Reality, Spa Burjon, Trojan
Cleaners, Willow Run Services
and Ypsilanti Area Federal Credit Union.
This program not only benefits those receiving discounts,
but it also will help local establishments attract new
customers and, in turn, increase business. Eagle Discount
Card Program stickers are displayed in the storefronts
of participating businesses. These stickers not only promote
the new discount program, but also promote EMU as an academic
institution.
Megan Britton, grassroots marketing manager, sees the
program as a way to get Ypsilanti, EMU, and the Chamber
of Commerce to work together and increase revenue in the
city.
"Businesses and the Eastern community working together
will truly benefit Ypsilanti and shed light onto students,
faculty, alumni and commerce members so that they can see
what great resources and services are available to them," Britton
said.
Students and faculty can show their Eagle One Cards to
receive discounts specific to each business involved. To
get more information on how to obtain an Eagle Discount
Card, alumni and retirees can go to http://www.emich.edu/eaglediscount/
