Best State To Raise a Family
(WalletHub, 1st in 2020; 2nd in 2021)
Located near the Iowa Border, Fairmont is known for its parks and five lakes, where residents and visitors can fish, swim, boat, jet ski and windsurf. There are a variety of nearby public and private golf courses; an aquatic park featuring two 3-story waterslides; and a community education and recreation program to help all ages better appreciate and take advantage of the outdoors.
When the average person thinks about economic development, they tend to focus on business attraction. While economic development teams do want to bring new businesses to the region, their day-to-day tasks are much more local...
It has been almost five months since Fairmont was featured on My Town, a YouTube series by Cory Hepola. The video already has more than 118,000 views and has sparked discussion about this community across...
Sarah is a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard, serving as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot. She had recently been laid off from a previous job and was unemployed when she attended last year’s...
Best State To Raise a Family
(WalletHub, 1st in 2020; 2nd in 2021)
in Voter Participation
(U.S. Elections Project, 2020)
Best State for Women and for Working Moms and Dads
(Wallethub, 2020)
in Volunteering
(Corporation for National and Community Service)
in Child Well-Being
(Kids Count Report, 2021)
in Healthy People
(2021 Camelot Index)