Editing Fairbury, Nebraska (section)

==Economy==
Thirteen manufacturing plants, with a total of 475 employees, are located in and near Fairbury. The largest among these are Endicott Clay Products, producing brick and tile in nearby [[Endicott, Nebraska|Endicott]], with 200 employees; Prairie View Industries, producing stainless steel and aluminum handicap ramps and food service equipment, with 80 employees; Fairbury Food Products, with 54 employees; and Tetra Micronutrients, manufacturing [[micronutrient]]s for use in fertilizer and animal feed, with 47 employees. Other major local employers include Jefferson Community Health Center (193 employees), Fairbury Public Schools (154 employees), the City of Fairbury (120 employees), Farmers Co-op Elevator Co. (118 employees), and Heritage Nursing Home (90 employees).<ref name=sites/> It is also home to [[Livingston Enterprises, Inc.]], which is headquartered in Fairbury, and all of their sites are within a 30 mile radius of the town.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://livingstonent.com/ |website=Livingston Enterprises, Inc.}}</ref>

Fairbury serves as the retail center of Jefferson County. The historic downtown continues to prosper, with a variety of specialty shops.<ref name=survey/>{{rp|97}} Major retailing has tended to move toward the northeastern edge of the city, with the first [[Wal-Mart]] in Nebraska opening in 1982;<ref name=walmart/> with the move of Wal-Mart to a larger location, its site was redeveloped as an indoor mall. Other franchised business such as [[Dollar General]], Orscheln Farm & Home, and [[Ace Hardware]], have also located on the northeast.<ref name=shopping/>