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Roberta Brandes Gratz on Flea Markets

By stsay@pps.org on May 15, 2006 | Add Comment

“Flea markets are a hands-on eBay,” says Gratz. “They’re important to our economy, even though they probably don’t show up anywhere. They’re a very useful form of recycling and a necessary source of affordably priced stuff.”

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Public Markets Conference from the eyes of Lexington Farmers’ Market

By stsay@pps.org on May 12, 2006 | Add Comment

“I was impressed by the incredible amount of innovation, creativity and energy surrounding farmers’ markets,” writes Sonia DeMarta.

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Public Market Potential in Davenport, IA

By stsay@pps.org on May 10, 2006 | Add Comment

Davenport keeps on working towards the potential of its public market.

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Inmates and Community Gardeners Unite to Feed Philly’s Hungry

By ksalay@pps.org on May 5, 2006 | Add Comment

An unlikely partnership between community gardeners and local prison inmates will help feed the over one fifth of Philadelphia residents living below the poverty line.

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Jane Jacobs, Renowned Urban Activist, Dies at 89

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 25, 2006 | Add Comment

Jane Jacobs, the writer and thinker who brought penetrating eyes and ingenious insight to the sidewalk ballet of her own Greenwich Village street and came up with a book that challenged and changed the way people view cities, died today in Toronto, where she lived. She was 89.

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PPS in Flint, MI

By stsay@pps.org on Apr 24, 2006 | 2 Comments

PPS to work on city-wide initiative that includes Riverbank Park and Flint Farmers’ Market.

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Bikes Connecting Bogota and the South Bronx

By ngrossman@pps.org on Apr 17, 2006 | Add Comment

An interview with Enrique Penaloso, former Mayor of Bogota, Columbia, and Majora Carter, Executive Director/Founder of Sustainable South Bronx, on how bikes are connecting the South Bronx with the capital of Columbia and creating more livable cities.

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Plan Pushes Revamp of Dallas Farmers Market

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 17, 2006 | Add Comment

It’s not just about fruits and vegetables anymore.

By decade’s end, the increasingly shabby Dallas Farmers Market would become a sparkling focal point of downtown, rife with restaurants, shops, festivals, entertainment and, of course, food, according to a renovation plan obtained Friday night.

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Hospitals’ Menus Get Healthy

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 14, 2006 | Add Comment

In a new arrangement that began Monday, Marin General Hospital began receiving twice-weekly deliveries of fruits and vegetables from the Marin Farmers Market. The hospital spends $15,000 a month on produce. Much of this will now come from Bay Area organic farmers who supply the farmers market.

“The hospital is ultimately planning to buy all [...]

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Fayetteville, AK Farmers’ Market Diversifies with help of a PPS grant

By stsay@pps.org on Apr 3, 2006 | Add Comment

The Fayetteville Farmers’ Market opened its doors Saturday not only to a new year, but also to new diversity, as part of a national initiative through which Project for Public Spaces has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market.

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Upcoming PPS Training Courses

By ngrossman@pps.org on Mar 21, 2006 | Add Comment

Project for Public Spaces invites you to its popular “How to Create Successful Public Markets” workshop on May 11-12, 2006 and “How to Turn a Place Around” workshop on May 4-5, 2006 in New York City.

HOW TO CREATE SUCCESSFUL MARKETS
www.pps.org/info/ppsnews/markets_training_course

Is a two-day workshop led by our own public [...]

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USDA Releases New Farmers Market Resource Guide

By jday@pps.org on Mar 14, 2006 | Add Comment

The Farmers Market Resource Guide, created by the Farmers Market Consortium (FMC), represents the efforts of public and private funders to work together to promote markets natiowide. The FMC’s creation was led by the USDA, and initial consortium conveners include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Ford Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the [...]

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