Saranac Lake Community Store
The first & only community-owned department store in the Northeast
https://wefunder.com/saranac.lake.community.store
Total raised on Wefunder: 75150
Total investors: 122
Quick facts
- Raised $541k from 750 NY State residents during the financial crisis.
- Featured story on front page of the NY Times' Sunday Business Section on Nov. 12, 2011 and in their daily video coverage.
- Have established ourselves as a vital resource to the community by meeting the needs of local residents and organizations.
- Signed up 1,800 people for our Customer Rewards Program since May 2017, plus 500 more in our Yarn Club.
- Established ourselves as the source of a wide selection of locally produced products that already generate $50k in annual revenues.
- Our customer conversion rate (the percent of those who buy once they enter) is more than 40%, very high for a brick and mortar store.
- Opened our doors in Oct. 2011 after a largely volunteer-driven renovation of a 4,000 square foot former restaurant.