Riverside shoppers are now able to earn rewards for shopping or dining at 500 different local shops through Open Rewards, a free mobile app.
The Riverside City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the one-year pilot program, run by Bludot Technologies, for a total cost of $55,940. Councilmember Steve Hemenway was absent.
“As we are, more and more, seeing people shop online, it’s becoming harder for the city to be involved in that economic development process,” Councilmember Steven Robillard said at the December 9 meeting. “I think it’s a creative idea to try to bring more of the local spending home.”…