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Shoppers in Fair Lawn are encouraged to snap a selfie at their favorite borough businesses as part of a scavenger hunt that will award prizes and give visitors and residents a new reason to head downtown.

Fair Lawn’s 2nd Annual Small Business Scavenger Hunt Returns in August for a Month of Fun and Prizes!

Get ready for a thrilling adventure through Fair Lawn’s business districts as the 2nd Annual Business Scavenger Hunt kicks off on August 1, 2023.

On Monday, the borough of Fair Lawn held its first-ever Juneteenth celebration at the Fair Lawn Community Center. Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the United States following the Union victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War.

Fair Lawn Main Street Inc. has launched a spotlight program in order to showcase the diversity and wide variety of businesses that exist within the Borough of Fair Lawn.

In advance of Mother’s Day, Fair Lawn Main Street Inc. launched a promotion that makes it easy to support local businesses and get mom a gift she’ll love.

Through May 14, the organization has a buy one, get one offer for its Shop Fair Lawn Community Gift Card program, which is a digital voucher that can be used at participating businesses in the Bergen County borough.

April 30 to May 6, 2023 is National Small Business Week. According to the United States Small Business Administration, National Small Business Week highlights the impact of outstanding small business owners, and others from all 50 states and U.S. territories.

Local attorney Dennis Cummins had an interesting anniversary recently, one that didn't escape the director of Main Street Fair Lawn.

"Fair Lawn is home to distinguished people," Greff said to the organization's members at the beginning of its April 12 meeting.

Cummins won a state supreme court case in 1973 that changed the form of Paterson city government.

News 12 Feature: Fair lawn NJ
In this week’s Main Street New Jersey, News 12’s Lauren Due traveled across Fair Lawn and visited a bagel shop, a diner, a pet grooming business and more.

Main Street America and American Express are currently accepting applications for their Backing Small Businesses Grants. The grant program will award 350 small business grants of $5,000 to eligible businesses in the U.S. and territories. Those interested in learning more about the grant program, including how to apply, may visit: https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/backingsmallbusinesses

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 Corp. announced its restructuring as Fair Lawn Main Street Inc. to better address the needs of local businesses.

In a Jan. 16 press release, the nonprofit entity said it will be charged with facilitating and coordinating the strengthening of Fair Lawn’s economic and commercial vitality, as well as managing the two special improvement districts within the Bergen County municipality.

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