Shop local often for more chances to win!

With each business you visit, you'll receive a entry form for the Grand Prize of a $50 gift card from each of the 25 participating businesses, totaling $1,250 in gift cards.

How it works

Game cards can be downloaded here or picked up at any of the 25 local, independent participating businesses throughout the Twin Cities -- including Warners' Stellian.

Have the business stamp its square on the back of the card. In exchange, the business will give you a sweepstakes entry form to drop in its entry box to win the Grand Prize.

Participating businesses include:

Amore Coffee BankCherokee Bay Street Shoes Bibelot Shops Birchwood Café Black Dog Café Buttery Bakery Café Electric Fetus EyeDeals FirstTech Computers Grand Hand Gallery Ingebretsen's

Izzy's Ice Cream Keys Café Kitchen Window Linden Hills Co-op Mama's Pizza Peapods The Smitten Kitten StevenBe: a Yarn Garage Workshop Treadle Yard Goods Trotter's Café Warners' Stellian Wedge Wet Paint

MetroIBA is a nonprofit organization working to support and preserve locally owned, independent businesses in the Twin Cities region. Its mission is to help the Twin Cities maintain its unique community character, provide continuing opportunities for entrepreneurs and build economic strength. For more information and a list of the 145 current business members, visit www.metroiba.org