All the required licenses including state level requirements should be easily explained by someone "at the front desk." Individuals, especially local community members, should be connected with local resources with a good idea of what each resource can provide them in the process of opening a new business. Not only does this raise the level of our local people's potential, but it also will have a positive economic impact. Locally run businesses have a larger economic impact than the nation-wide chain stores that send their money to central offices outside of Fargo, but that point aside empowering our people to succeed is one of the most important things we could do to ensure the future success of Fargo. A recent study on this topic: "We wanted to find out, if a local store makes a $100 sale, what happens to that $100? How much goes to pay local employees and local suppliers, thereby creating additional economic activity in the region? How much goes to out-of-state suppliers, thereby leaving the Maine economy? If that $100 is spent instead at a big box retailer, does more or less of it stay in the local economy?" The link for the pdf of the study is here:
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