Charter Welcome · an add-on to Charter
Be the first hello. Then the app the whole town opens every week.
When someone moves to town, the chamber is the natural first hello. But that welcome rarely happens, and even when it does, it happens once. Charter Welcome is a small app for new residents: the warm hello, the guide to getting settled, and the weekly habit, all on the chamber's own site.
The welcome
The most valuable introduction a chamber can make.
A warm hello from the chamber
With the headline and message you choose, on a welcome page worth sharing, on the chamber's domain.
Newcomer offers and welcome codes
A free coffee, a discount, a gift. Member businesses greet new neighbors and bring them through the door. A real perk of membership.
A "Your Realtor" card
A realtor who refers a newcomer gets their photo and contact on that resident's welcome, so the introduction keeps paying off. A natural sponsorship.
Get settled
The tools a welcome program never had.
A local business directory
Every member business in one searchable place, with hours, a photo, and a booking link. Free for members, with featured and category-sponsor spots to sell.
An interactive island map
Parks, beaches, the ferry, trails, scenic spots, essential services, and local businesses, on overlays a resident can switch on and off. The fastest way to learn a new place.
A settle-in checklist
Utilities, registering to vote, getting around, schools, daily essentials. Each item can link straight to the member who can help.
A reason to explore
The passport that sends new neighbors through member doors.
Visit a set number of local businesses, redeem a code at each, and earn a reward. A fun reason to get out, and a direct way to drive foot traffic to the members who pay your dues.
- Members hand out custom welcome codes, single-use or multi-use, with a reward and an expiry
- Every redemption is tracked, so a member can see the newcomers it brought in
- Residents save the businesses they like to their favorites, so they come back
- The chamber gets engagement it can show: visits, redemptions, and a reason to return
The weekly habit
Local deals residents actually open.
This is what brings residents back. Charter Welcome publishes local weekly deals, including grocery circulars, in one searchable place and sends them as a weekly email.
- Search and filter by item or category, instead of flipping a static flyer
- One place for the whole town, the grocer's specials next to the bakery's deal
- Published in one minute. A store manager pastes the week's deals, one per line, and they are live
- A weekly email that lands in inboxes, so residents do not have to remember to look
For the chamber
A brochure people visit once becomes the app they open on purpose.
The new-resident relationship
The most valuable introduction a chamber can make, made every time someone moves to town.
Perks members actually feel
A directory listing, a pin on the map, newcomer offers, passport foot traffic, and a place in the weekly deals.
New things to sell
Featured directory spots, category sponsorships, and realtor referral placements, all native to the app.
Turn the chamber into the app the town opens every week.
One click inside Charter. Runs on the chamber's own site, under the chamber's name.