Join LVNA, get perks from area businesses
For the past year, Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association board
member Amy Vangsgard has passed out welcome bags to new area residents. “It’s
my Midwestern roots,” she said with a laugh. “My parents were meeters and
greeters and so am I.”
Vangsgard was brainstorming
with other LVNA members about ways to increase membership to the 250-person
group when the idea of membership cards came up. “I went to a few Village store
owners I knew, and they were so enthusiastic. In fact, Filis, the owner at
Chevalier’s, said ‘we want it and we want it in time for Christmas.’”
The goal is to get everyone in
the neighborhood to join, come to the Association meetings and have a better
sense of community, said Vangsgard, an illustrator who designed the welcome bag
and membership card and is currently redesigning the LVNA brochure.
The cards will offer new
residents as well as existing, dues-paying LVNA members discounts, gift or
punch cards or discount days at participating local stores. “I’m just letting
businesses make their own deal,” said Vangsgard. “They can come up with
whatever works for them, or if they’re stumped, I tell them what other store
owners are doing.”
So far, the idea has been met
with nothing but enthusiasm, and the LVNA is getting ready to roll out the
cards.
But it’s only the beginning for
Vangsgard, the mother of two grown daughters who resides on Beachwood Drive
with husband, Charles Klasky, a founding member of the LVNA. “I’m working on
putting together a Larchmont Village kids’ club… wouldn’t a parade though the
neighborhood be great?”
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