Support Local. Shop Small. Think Franklin First.
About: The Think Franklin First Gift Card is a closed-loop gift card, meaning it can only be used at participating Franklin businesses. This ensures that every dollar stays within the local economy, benefiting the businesses and neighbors that make Franklin a vibrant place to live, shop, and dine.
The Town of Franklin, the Random Smile Project, and Dean Bank are proud to bring awareness to the Think Franklin First Gift Card Program! These agencies collaboratively created a closed-circuit gift card program; we have partnered with Swipe-it Technologies, a local business owned by a Franklin resident, to provide a way to direct spending into our local economy and reduce leakage to online retailers and local competition.
Think Franklin First was an initiative brought to the community as a response to Covid-19. Please watch this recording (created in 2020) describing the initial launch of this program; (Approx 20 minutes) and created by former Franklin Town Employee, Anne Marie Tracey. Click here to review the program infrastructure of the 'Think Franklin First Gift Cards: A Shop Local Initiative for Economic Development (originally published in 2020).