With summer almost here, many Auburn residents venture outside, go shopping and eat. But how many of those activities are spent in Auburn?

You’d be surprised what’s in town. Before heading out to Federal Way or Kent to do your shopping, stop and think: Can I get it in Auburn?

A city with business is a city with money. Auburn will only go far on improving itself if its own residents don’t do business within the city. When you leave to shop, your are only putting money into the city you do business in.

Go drive downtown and see what’s all there – a lot of great new business. Stop by the new Auburn Farmers Market in June. You will be surprised. Downtown’s only going to improve when people begin to go there again.

Auburn is fast improving from the old days, so let’s help it out. You’d be surprised what this great city has. You just have to go look.

– Dave Tefiner, Auburn