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The Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that it is hosting its 13th annual Taste of Our Town event which will take place on Monday, February 27th from 6:00PM to 8:00PM, at the Fair Lawn Community Center located at 10-10 20th Street.

The Fair Lawn Economic Development Corporation has restructured as Fair Lawn Main Street Inc.

The Fair Lawn Economic Development Corporation was selected as an Honoree at NJBIZ Magazine's 2022 Business of the Year Awards

It’s becoming easier than ever to shop local in Fair Lawn.

Located in the heart of Bergen County, the borough of 33,000 people has more than 600 small businesses, ranging from kosher pizzerias and acupuncturists to investment firms and children’s entertainers.

Fair Lawn is special because it has an incredible variety of businesses/restaurants. In fact, 43 new businesses opened here in just the last year. From chocolatiers to taverns, to coffee shops and ethnic markets, Fair Lawn's beauty lies in how all of these diverse shops come together to make up one amazing borough. Additionally, the municipality recently launched a digital marketplace with every business listed. A shopper recently noted, "Going down River Road, I was surprised by just how many different kinds of businesses exist on one local road. Ice cream shops, taco restaurants, Chinese food places, exercise studios, pharmacies, diners: Fair Lawn really has it all!" It is truly a terrific place to live, shop, and do business in.

People were lined up for goody bags in Radburn on Small Business Saturday, a testament to the work of local business groups that are successfully promoting local business.

The Fair Lawn Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with the
Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce and Fair Lawn’s Main Street NJ Program held its second
annual Small Business Saturday commemoration event .

The borough's business community, represented by the Fair Lawn Economic Development Corporation and the Main Street Program, unveiled a local marketplace with 600 businesses available free to all seeking to shop local or work with local vendors.

Nearly half of the US population says they’d prefer to live in a suburban area, so the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted a research study about 2022’s Best Small Cities in America, which it released on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

The business community in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, introduced a fun way to create local community excitement and consumer activity during the dog days of late summer. Throughout the month of August, the Fair Lawn Economic Development Corporation and the Borough’s Main Street NJ Program ran a Small Business Scavenger Hunt

The Fair Lawn Economic Development Corporation and its Main Street Program have received over 180 photograph submissions for its Small Business Scavenger Hunt, thus far. The deadline for submissions is August 31.

With approximately 300 storefronts and 33,000 residents to support them, Fair Lawn has the look and the density of so-many other mid-size business districts in the state.

U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) honored local first responders, veterans, life-saving bystanders, volunteers, community leaders, and residents during his Fifth District Hometown Heroes Ceremony, held at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center.

Identifying individuals who show the potential to be great leaders is a risky undertaking. The qualities that make someone capable of persuading others to follow them are not always evident – especially at a distance. So to compile this list, we looked for individuals who have demonstrated such abilities, if on a relatively small scale or in fields other than business

The Fair Lawn Economic Development Corporation (EDC), its Main Street Program, and the Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce partnered to hold a resource workshop for small business owners on June 7 in the Fair Lawn Community Center.

The application for the next cycle of the American Express - Main Street America Inclusive Backing Grant has opened. More than 250 grants of $5,000 each will be awarded in four cycles over 12 months to small businesses located in older or historic commercial districts across the country.

American Express is partnering with Main Street America to provide more than 250 grants of $5,000 to small businesses. Grants will be awarded to small business owners in older or historic commercial districts across the country, with priority given to businesses that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

What started out as Shop Small Saturday will hopefully continue big into December. The Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) combined forces to encourage shopping locally this holiday season.

It's one week away and the borough's business groups are revving up for "Shop Small Business Saturday" now by gathering coupons and other goodies to offer customers.

Bernardsville, Fair Lawn, Maplewood, and Toms River Can Now Access Training and Support for Revitalization of Their Downtown Business Districts