Category: Start A Business

Local option sales tax

Beginning on October 1, 2017, the city of Fairmont will have a 0.5 percent voter-approved sales and use tax. The local sales tax will apply to all retail sales made within the city of Fairmont. The use tax will apply to all taxable items used in the city where local sales tax was not paid.…

Grow Your Business Online

Let us help you grow your business online with this free workshop! At the Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce, we’re all for small business! That’s why we’re excited to be partnering with Google during National Small Business Week (April 30-May 6) to host a free workshop to help you grow your business online. The workshop…

Start A Business

Fairmont’s community and economic development efforts drive Fairmont to be one of southern Minnesota’s best cities for access to transportation, land availability, workforce and quality of life. Fairmont is host to more than 500 businesses. Over the past 12 years Fairmont’s Economic Development Authority’s revolving loan fund has helped 53 businesses with loans from $17,000…