Comptroller Peter Franchot, along with partners from the retail and restaurant industries, today kicked off the annual Shop Maryland for the Holidays campaign with a virtual press conference to announce a new “buy local” initiative.

Nine Maryland-based credit unions are offering rewards points to their members that shop at local businesses from now until the end of the year. Those purchases will be tracked through credit card transactions. Each credit union has determined their own system for how they’re rewarding members who shop local.

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