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ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is offering financial incentives to get residents to ditch gas-powered snowblowers this winter.
For residents who trade in a gas snowblower, the city now provides rebates knocking up to $200 off the price of an electric snowblower or snow shovel.
The city’s sustainability office, which is on a mission to get Ann Arbor off fossil fuels, launched the new rebate program Dec. 8. It runs through March 1 or until funding is expended.
The rebates can be used toward purchases at any retailer and cover 100% of the cost of a shovel or up to 50% of the cost of an electric snowblower, up to $200, with a maximum of one rebate per household. To receive a rebate, residents are required to recycle an old gas-powered snowblower through a process laid out on the city website.
The city also recently announced rebates for residents who trade in gas leaf blowers for electric blowers or rakes.
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