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SHOP LAFAYETTE
Lafayette’s lively combination of colors and textures is expressed in its thriving central business district. While other communities grapple to attain a human scale and distinct local flavor between strip malls and big box retailers, this city is able to balance its “small town downtown” feel with a vision for the future that reflects the city’s past.
Lafayette today is nearing completion of dynamic renewal in the core commercial area, fueled by private investment and the community’s clear vision of what we want to be. The next few years will see exciting retail development going up along side striking new civic structures, including a Veterans’ Memorial Hall and a vibrantly designed library.
The Chamber of Commerce spearheads a continuing awareness campaign to remind residents of the value of shopping locally. Not only do our merchants offer top quality shopping choices coupled with high levels of personal service, but by keeping your shopping dollars and using your buying power within Lafayette, you put money back into the community which serves you. This is one of the major thrusts of the “Shop Lafayette” campaign lead by a group of committed retailers.
There is a direct correlation between purchases made in Lafayette and the services that the City is able to provide its citizens. Nearly 12% of all sales tax collected in Lafayette is returned to the City and is a significant part - 28.5% - of the City budget. Street repairs, police services, youth and senior services are only a few of the programs which may be reduced or increased depending on the amount of money available to the City’s coffers.
Your dollar has more direct impact on your own community in Lafayette than in any other city in Contra Costa County!
| Agency | % of your sales tax dollar |
| Lafayette | 12c |
| State General Fund | 73c |
| CCC Transportation Authority | 6c |
| BART | 6c |
| County Transportation Fund | 3c |
MORE REASONS TO SHOP LAFAYETTE
Convenience: Save time and money by shopping near home.
Price: Local prices are competitive.
Service: When people do business with people they know, service and willingness to please are more apparent.
Product: A wide variety of shops offers excellent choices.
It puts your tax dollar to work helping your community!
Lafayette has an exciting "full-service" business community, offering a complete array of professions, trades, dining, and products from gourmet foods and designer apparel to bargain shopping - and all close to home!
To find local stores and business look in our directory!
While nearby cities struggle with achieving a human scale among mega shopping centers and big box retailers, Lafayette continues to provide the "small town downtown" features the city's leaders - past and present - have strived to achieve. Lafayette today is experiencing an exciting renewal in the core commercial area, fueled by private investment and the community's clear vision of what we want to be.
La Fiesta Square, formerly a tired retail center, has recently undergone a major renovation, bringing a vibrant look and new shops while reinvigorating longtime tenants and relocated Lafayette businesses. The long awaited Town Center Development opens in winter, 1999-2000, offering an additional 27,000 square feet of retail.
The Chamber of Commerce spearheads a continuing awareness campaign to remind residents of the value of shopping locally. Not only do our merchants offer top quality shopping choices coupled with high levels of personal service, but by keeping your shopping dollars and using your buying power within Lafayette, you put money back into the community which serves you.
There is a direct correlation between purchases made in Lafayette and the services that the City is able to provide its citizens. Nearly 12% of all sales tax collected in Lafayette is returned to the City and is a significant part - 33.7% - of the City budget. Street repairs, police services, youth and senior services are only a few of the programs, which may be reduced or increased depending on the amount of money available to the City's coffers.
Your dollar has more direct impact on your own community in Lafayette than in any other city in Contra Costa County!
More Reasons to Shop Lafayette
Convenience: Save time and money by shopping near home.
Price: Local prices are competitive.
Service: When people do business with people they know, service and willingness to please are more apparent.
Product: A wide variety of shops offers excellent choices.
AND ... IT PUTS YOUR TAX DOLLAR TO WORK HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY!
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