Buy In Brick Generates Nearly $100K In Property Tax Credits

BRICK, NJ — Brick Township residents as a group earned nearly $100,000 in rebates on their property taxes from the township's Buy in Brick program in 2017, officials said.

The program, where participating businesses offer rebates to card-holding residents that are applied as a credit on their property taxes, generated more than $1.3 million in associated sales, Brick Township Council President Heather deJong said Tuesday night.

The program, which started in 2014, now has 55 participating businesses, deJong said, and there was a significant increase in both the amount of sales and in the property tax rebates credited, according to information supplied to the townhip by FinCredit of Marlboro, which administers the program.

Sales rose from more than $717,000 in 2016 to $1,351,930 in 2017, and the rebates rose from $51,376 in 2016 to $97,605 in 2017, she said.

The program is free to residents; Buy in Brick cards can be picked up at the municipal building during business hours or can be requested by mail. If you like to get one through the mail, please email us your address. Once you have a card, register it online.

A list of participating businesses, their rebates and their restrictions is posted on the township's website and updated are posted on the township's Facebook page and on its Twitter account, @BuyInBrick.

Businesses that want to join Buy in Brick can call the township at 732-451-4007.

Buy in Brick logo via Brick Township website