Uncertainty- something that is not known beyond doubt or not clearly identified or defined- can shock, frighten and cause panic in even the most confident of people. From numerous accounts in history, it is humanity’s response to times of uncertainty that is the most crucial and paramount component.
Our community is stepping in to positively respond during these times of uncertainty. Local businesses across our community are in the fight of a lifetime- trying to keep their doors open while keeping everyone’s health as the number one priority. Some local businesses, like this week’s sponsor, is not only doing all that they can to keep their doors open, but they are devoting time to help serve meals to seniors in the community.
Woody’s Classic Grill was the first local business to giveaway a prize as a participator in the City News Group, Inc. Sweepstakes program, a program created to inform the community that their local businesses are still open.
This week’s sweepstakes winner, Jim Cota is a truck driver who loves to travel and see new places with his wife Janis. As a resident of Grand Terrace, Cota was excited to learn that he had won a free gift from Woody’s.
“This is great,” Cota said. “Woody’s is my favorite place in town.”
From the restaurant’s inception, Miller emphasized that “we build our business one guest at a time” and in return it creates a strong foundation for their business. “If we can get one guest to come in and they love our food, our service, like the value of our food, then they’ll go out and tell people.”
Woody’s can be compared to a modern day Cheers, because any guest that goes to Woody’s will be greeted with a smile and fully enjoy the friendliness of the employees and eventually everyone will know your name.
Woody’s decided to join the Sweepstakes program because Miller believes marketing is the number one thing a business has to do.
“You’ve got to get your name out and not only get your name out one time; you’ve got to be in front of people constantly because the minute you disappear off of any marketing they forget about you,” Miller said.
This week’s winner, Jim Cota won a free meal from Woody’s by finding a Woody’s ad on City News Group’s website with a Bag of Money icon, clicking on it, and submitting an entry to win with no purchase necessary. By submitting an entry to win a free meal from Woody’s, he is also entered to win the grand prize of $1,000 on December 3, 2020.
We look up to and are proud of our local businesses, like Woody’s for keeping their doors open and for continuing to serve the community. As a member of the community, we thank everyone who has continued to support their local businesses. How have you had to adapt? City News welcomes residents and local businesses to share their stories with us and let us know how you have adapted and accommodated throughout this pandemic.
“This program is awesome because it rewards not only the people coming to the website, it rewards the businesses, “Miller said. “It’s a win-win situation for everybody.”
A community should support each other and we hope this is a way to bring everyone together again. For more information please visit CityNewsGroup.com
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