Farmington-MN

6 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 6 “I don’t want to put us in a corner and say we’re just interested in one type of business. We celebrate the diverse business base we have and are interested in attracting and growing all different types of business that truly see themselves succeeding in our community. Business is important and it’s a high priority for us. It’s one of our pillars within our strategic planning and it is embedded into everything the counsel and staff are working towards.” That doesn’t mean they won’t be intentional with their choices, Gorski says. They just want to keep an open mind. “We want to make sure it’s the right fit for our community.” It’s important that those new businesses fit into Farmington, because the city’s small businesses become the partnerships and lifeblood of the community, according to Hoyt. “We are a small business community,” he says. “Without the partnerships between the city and our small brick and mortar downtown businesses, our industrial park businesses, and our single employee home-based businesses, we couldn’t do the work that we have planned. “Our city would not thrive the way that it has without the partnership of our businesses. It