Dear Future DBA Member,

Congratulations on making the first effort to join the thriving Downtown Business Association. Saratoga Springs’ downtown is filled with independent stores, corporations, museums and many offices that make it the perfect mix of commerce. Joining our team provides you with:

Support from a 15 member Board of Directors.
Group meetings with many of our members.
A voice to the problems/solutions to things affecting downtown.

Membership in the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association is more important, makes more sense and is a needed investment. The time to join is TODAY!

As President of the Downtown Business Association, I want to personally invite you to join with the hundreds of other DBA businesses and lend your mind and meaning to our already strong and growing organization.

Aside from the DBA’s educational offerings, monthly meetings, access to our local elected officials and excellent networking opportunities, the DBA sponsors and coordinates the following excellent membership benefits:

MAP: Inclusion on our beautiful “Strolling Through Saratoga Springs” Map & Directory. We print 40,000 maps and distribute them through Convention Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, hotels, motels, restaurants, member businesses, City Center, weddings, etc.

GIFT CERTIFICATES: Anyone with a Downtown Business Association Gift
Certificate can redeem them in your place of business, if you choose. We currently sell over $225,000 in Downtown Business Association gift certificates per year.

INSURANCE: You will have access to a number of services geared to small
business needs including competitively priced health insurance through Support
Services Alliance.

MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT CARDS: You and all your employees will
receive member to member discount cards that can be used at 120 different participating businesses, allowing a minimum of a 10% discount (with 30% at Kinko’s). This program was formed to encourage employees and business owners to frequent each other’s businesses. Your business doesn’t have to offer a discount to get cards and use them. There are over 5,000 cards in use right now.

NEWSLETTER: You will receive a monthly newsletter apprising you of meeting
dates, promotions, political concerns, upcoming big events in town, etc.

SPECIAL PROMOTIONS & EVENTS: WinterFest, Travers Festival Children’s
Parade, Fall Festival, Skidmore Parents Weekend, Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Victorian Streetwalk, Marketing Committee, Blue Ribbon Ad Campaign, Shoplifting and Bad Check Phone Tree, Special Seminars and more.

WEB-SITE: Developing a multi-phase program to up grade, improve and expand the DBA web-site and internet presences; another marketing format.

DOWNLOAD THE DBA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION (PDF)