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Palmerston Deputy Mayor Sarah Henderson says the MyPalmerston vouchers are still going strong with plenty up for grabs · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: We know that the my Darwin vouchers well they went
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  Speaker 1: pretty well last time round. They were snapped up rather quickly,
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  Speaker 1: a little bit longer than what it had taken in
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  Speaker 1: previous rounds. But my Palmeston vouchers as well, they are
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  Speaker 1: currently being utilized in Palmerston going quite strong from what
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  Speaker 1: I can understand, and joining me on the line right
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  Speaker 1: now to talk further about it. Give us a bit
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  Speaker 1: of an update. Is the Deputy Mayor Sarah Henderson. Good
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  Speaker 1: morning to you, Sarah.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you really well?
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  Speaker 1: Lovely to have you on the show, Sarah. How are
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  Speaker 1: those my Palmeston vouchers tracking?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, they're tracking very well. They're very popular in Palmerston.
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  Speaker 2: We're doing wonderfully. We started off with six hundred thousand
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  Speaker 2: and we've still got five hundred thousand dollars available.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so I've gone through about one hundred thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: worth at this point.
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  Speaker 2: Just at this point, and the first week we had
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  Speaker 2: so many people registered. We only started on the thirty
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  Speaker 2: first of March, so they've done very well. At first
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  Speaker 2: week everybody redeemed about sixty thousand dollars worth, so they're
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  Speaker 2: tracking along very well, they're so far these eighty businesses registered. Yeah, right,
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  Speaker 2: they're very popular.
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  Speaker 1: And what kind of businesses do we know, Sarah? Which
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  Speaker 1: ones have been the most popular or you know which
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  Speaker 1: industries I guess you might say have been the most
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  Speaker 1: popular for utilizing those vouchers? Yet is it retail, is
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  Speaker 1: at restaurants or is there not a real clear idea
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  Speaker 1: at this stage?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Well, so far the retail has done thirty two percent,
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  Speaker 2: and the food industry has done about twenty seven percent.
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  Speaker 2: The health and beauty and entertainment, Oh, it goes quite high,
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  Speaker 2: and that's for still tracking about eighteen percent. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they're very popular.
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  Speaker 1: And what are business is saying to you at the moment, Sarah?
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  Speaker 1: Are they Are they quite happy with the utilization of
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  Speaker 1: the vouchers? Do they feel as though it's making a
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  Speaker 1: bit of an impact in terms of more people getting
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  Speaker 1: out there and spending in Palmerston.
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Yes, the comments have been very good and it
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  Speaker 2: just brings the money back into our local economy and
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  Speaker 2: our local businesses, which is so important. So it's really
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  Speaker 2: great to see people shopping back in Palmerston again.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what it's all about, isn't it. Making sure
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  Speaker 1: that people do get out and about there. We know
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  Speaker 1: that we've had a couple of really tough years, not
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  Speaker 1: only in retail but in the hospitality sector, in every sector.
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  Speaker 1: I think you'd have to say due to COVID. So
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  Speaker 1: I think that everybody is hoping that you know that
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  Speaker 1: we see some of our local businesses do quite well.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, the local businesses are very happy with it.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to look after our locals. It's so important
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  Speaker 2: for our economy, it.
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  Speaker 1: Really is so Sarah. It sounds as I we'll still
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  Speaker 1: have a little bit of money to get through and
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  Speaker 1: a few more well, it's hard to know. I guess
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  Speaker 1: how many days, but how many weeks, but hopefully a
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  Speaker 1: bit more spending out they're in those businesses.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, definitely, I think it will continue. The registrations are
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  Speaker 2: still open, so if people haven't downloaded the app, they
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  Speaker 2: can go to the Mypalmersan dot MG dot gov dot
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  Speaker 2: au website and join, and of course if there's any
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  Speaker 2: businesses that still want to join, they're quite able to
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  Speaker 2: do so well.
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Henderson, the Deputy Mayor of Palmerston, we appreciate your
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  Speaker 1: time this morning and giving us a bit of an
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  Speaker 1: update
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, have a wonderful day you too.