Maitland's campaign to get its name on the Monopoly board is well under way.
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Maitland South Australia and Florida have both taken to social media to encourage their residents to vote, vote, vote.
“This is absolutely fantastic,” mayor of Maitland, Cr Peter Blackmore, said.
“We are honoured other Maitlands have joined us.
“The benefits are going to be there for Maitland, in years to come people are going to be looking at a Monopoly game and say I was part of that.”
Maitland needs as many votes as possible to take the win in the wild card section of the Monopoly competition.
If successful, Maitland will feature as one of the brown squares on the 22-space board game called Monopoly Here and Now.
To vote for Maitland go online to www.votemonopoly.com and type Maitland into the box at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
People can vote as many times as they want and votes can be shared on social media by using the hashtag #VoteMONOPOLY and the campaign tag #Maitland4Monopoly.
Rutherford woman Michelle Walker contacted the Mercury after seeing Maitland Florida join the campaign.
She visited Maitland in Florida last year and took some great photographs of our sister city across the equator.
Maitland is vying for a spot to be one of 22 world locations on the board game titled Monopoly Here and Now.
This new edition will be released as part of the board game's 80th anniversary celebrations. Hasbro has also released an anniversary edition featuring game tokens through the decades.
There is a lamp from the 1930s, a canon from the 1950s and a cat from the 2000s, to name a few. Take a look at all of the new tokens as they take in the sights of Maitland.
To join the campaign and vote for Maitland follow this step-by-step guide.
Vote at www.votemonopoly.com and choose Maitland to be included.
