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Community boards

Support Local Brockville Businesses

Our community boards sit in busy local shops, right at eye level. Each one has the shop's own specials chalkboard up top and ads from great local businesses along the bottom. Neighbours see them every time they grab a coffee or a butter tart.

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A community board on a stand in a Brockville bakery. A round chalk circle at the top reads Your logo here. The chalkboard reads: Looking for 2 Brockville businesses to host a board like this one for FREE! Below, under Support Local Brockville Businesses and a label reading Sample ads, your business could be here, are six sample ads, and a 1000 Islands Thrive banner runs along the bottom. Sample ads

Actual size: 24″ × 36″ (about 61 × 91 cm)

For shop owners

Get a free specials board

  • A professional 24″ × 36″ board and stand, free.
  • The top is a chalkboard for your weekly specials, written by your team.
  • Your logo is on top and we look after the ad section.
  • No cost, no contract, nothing to manage.
Host a board in my shop
Close-up of the board's ad section: six sample ads, each tagged Sample, in a three-by-two grid under Support Local Brockville Businesses and a label reading Sample ads, your business could be here.Sample ads
The six ad spots, up close. Sample ads.

For local businesses

Get seen by your neighbours

  • One of six ad spots on a board in a popular Brockville shop.
  • People read it every week because the specials change.
  • One business per trade on each board, so you're not next to a competitor.
Ask about an ad spot

How a board works

Anatomy of a board

One 24″ × 36″ board on a stand, at eye level by the counter.

  1. 1Host logoThe shop's round logo, top centre of the chalkboard.
  2. 2ChalkboardThe top ~55%. The shop's team writes its weekly specials by hand. Shown here with our "host a board" message.
  3. 3Six local ad spotsPrinted ads from local businesses (shown: sample ads). One business per trade on each board.
  4. 41000 Islands Thrive bannerFull width along the bottom: 1000islandsthrive.com and the ad line, (343) 306-4513.
The printed 24 by 36 inch board, flat: a round Your logo here spot at the top of the chalkboard, the chalk message, the Support Local Brockville Businesses heading with a Sample ads label, six sample ads, and a full-width 1000 Islands Thrive banner. Sample ads

Host shops

Where to find our boards

First boards coming soon to Brockville, then Kingston.

First boards coming soon to Brockville, then Kingston.

Run a busy shop in town? Be one of the first hosts.

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Questions

How much does it cost to host?

Nothing.

Who writes the specials?

Your team, by hand.

Where are the boards?

Brockville first, then Kingston.

Get in touch

Host a board or ask about an ad spot

Tell us a little about you and we'll get back to you.

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