#2.

I know you have been dying to know what the number 2 reason is for being the little city that would.  So I won't make you wait anymore.  Here it is:

You aren’t only supporting local businesses, but also our local schools, non-profits and community groups.  Our local businesses contribute goods, services and finances to all of these groups in Windom.

Stay tuned for #3. 

We make it sound as easy as it is to be the little city that would...

countdown.

The countdown is on as next week, Finding Windom will be revealing our support local campaign titled "The little city that would."  We hope local businesses, residents and city officials take some time to attend our Finding Windom meeting on Wednesday, February 16th at 7pm at the BARC to learn more details about our campaign and our mission. 

I've been doing much research about support local campaigns and they prove to be quite successful for mainstreets and its small businesses, so we are looking forward to getting it started.  To make things clear, a support local campaign doesn't mean we don't approve shopping at big box retail stores or traveling outside our city to shop, we are just trying to get our community to make a conscious effort to support what we have right here in river city. 

Included in the campaign is our version of the top 10 reasons it is important to support local.  To give you a taste, here is number 1:

Money spent local stays local. We could all use a little more cash these days, right? By staying local to do your business you simultaneously create more jobs, fund more city services through sales tax, invest in neighborhood improvement and promote community development.  It feels nice to know where your hard earned money is going.

small world.

Someone shared this link with me recently.  I thought it was pretty cool.  Check it out.

http://blog.globalyp.net/eating-drinking-places/youll-say-yes-to-the-drinks-and-food-at-sijambo-cafe-in-windom-mn/

details coming soon.

eda: economic development ahoy!

The Finding Windom team met with the new EDA Director of Windom the other night to talk about our favorite subject-Windom, to share our vision, ideas, and hopes for Windom, and to welcome him.  After our meeting, I can tell you, he will be a great asset to not only the City of Windom office, but to the community as a whole.  Looking forward to our journey ahead!