The city of Concord is encouraging people to shop locally by funding the relaunch of an e-gift card program in which people buying a gift card to use at local businesses can receive a bonus card.

The Shop Concord program got an initial $10,000 in funding from the city in November for gift cards and relaunched the program in May with another $10,000. People who buy a $50 card can get a $25 bonus card, or if they buy a $20 card they can get a $10 bonus card. The bonus cards are available until all $10,000 is used up.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.