Mobile Phone App Considered for Grayslake Businesses
The village is considering creating a mobile phone app for licensed Grayslake businesses to promote themselves. The proposed app would be free for businesses and customers to access.
There are mobile phone apps for just about everything, so why not one for Grayslake businesses to promote themselves? This is the thought of the Grayslake Economic Development Commission (EDC), which has recommended it to the village board for consideration. The concept, discussed at village's Dec. 4 committee-of-the-whole meeting, is to develop a mobile phone app for licensed Grayslake businesses that would be downloadable from the iPhone App Store and the Android Market at no cost to the businesses or consumers. A one-time development and set-up fee of $5,000, which includes creation of the app and the first year's subscription for the business community access, would be funded from the EDC's budget. Through the app, licensed Grayslake …
Erica A.
11:55 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
I love this idea! I have lived in Grayslake now for 4 years, but grew up in the area. When I'm able to shop Grayslake, I do. Something I've also been thinking about, which I'm not sure relates to this article directly, is a page (or maybe a tab in the app) where all of the available apartments downtown could be listed. I know so many people who are frequently looking to live in a cute downtown … more ›