Shop Faribault, The Right Choice For Your Community

Money Spent in Faribault, Stays in Faribault

Retail dollars spent locally continue to circulate throughout our community. If local residents commit to spending just 10% of the dollars they currently spend out of town, in town, it will add millions to our local economy.

Jobs and Wages

When you buy locally, you help provide job opportunities. Faribault businesses employ about 11,000 people and have a collective payroll of more than $XXX million. Many of those jobs are in the retail sector. Doing business with these stores helps them hire and retain employees (your friends and neighbors)!

Non-Profits Receive Greater Support

Non-profit organizations receive an average 350% greater support from local business owners than they do from non-locally owned businesses. In Faribault businesses contribute millions of dollars each year to a variety of organizations, such as United Way.

Stronger Tax Base

In Minnesota, business property owners are taxed at a much higher rate than other property owners. Those tax dollars are used locally to improve our community’s streets, parks, schools, etc. As we add businesses, we strengthen our tax base, providing more dollars for community development while reducing the tax burden on homeowners.

Local Owners Invest in Our Community

They are owned by people who live and work in our community, raising their families and investing in our community’s future. They support our churches, our schools, our organizations, our way of life.

Better Variety

Local businesses provide a wide variety of products and services, right here in our community. Many of these are “one-of-a-kind” businesses that provide our community with its own distinct character. The more people shop here, the more products and services will be available.

Convenience Equals Savings

Shopping locally saves time and money. A shopping trip to another community costs you too in gas and and valuable time away from your home. Pocket the savings and treat your family to a night on the town!

Friends and Neighbors

Local businesses are staffed by local residents, your friends and neighbors. You get better service from people you know and who know you. And you can catch up on “what’s new” with other customers as you shop.

Green Friendly

Shopping local businesses reduces gas consumption, pollution and our dependence on foreign oil. It also reduces vehicle maintenance costs. In many cases, you can even walk!