Ask a shopkeeper one question
Kids, with a grown-up, visit a shop on the square during business hours and ask the shopkeeper one question about their job or their building.
- Who
- Families, Kids, Businesses
- Ages
- 5+
- Time
- About an hour
- Cost
- Free
- When
- Any time of year
- Show up
- At a shop on the square.
Status: planned meetups; the one-question visit works now.
How to do it
- Pick a shop on the square and go when it's not busy.
- Ask one question: How long has this shop been here? What's the hardest part of your job? What was this building before?
- Say thank you. Buy something small if you can; it's never required.
- Planned: "Meet your shopkeeper" lawn meetups. Stickers coming soon. Watch the newsletter.
Grown-ups’ part
Come along, keep it short and fun, and let the kids lead the looking and asking. You handle anything that involves calling, sending or sharing.
Think about it
What does a shop need to stay open in a small town?
Why it matters
Support business activityEncourage communityCreate engagementHelp the town prosper
Related
- Our Fayetteville directory
- Spend a Saturday morning on the square
- Ask a business how it started
- Put your building's history in the window
- All 150 things to do together
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