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Making the Case for Public Markets as Job Generators

By dkitzes on Mar 30, 2010 | 4 Comments
Help us quantify the economic benefits of these community gathering places
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Benefits of Markets

The Benefits of Public Markets

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 1, 2010 | 6 Comments
Successful public markets have a myriad of social and economic benefits
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Economic Opp

Public Markets Provide Economic Opportunity

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
From your casual, one-day a week flea market vendor to your serious, seven-day a week market hall vendor, public markets are wonderful places for people - especially minorities, immigrants and women - to grow a business.
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Active public space

Public Markets Create Active Public Space

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Vibrant public spaces can be created relatively simply through public markets.
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Promote Public Health

Public Markets Promote Public Health

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Public markets can play a key role in alleviating health concerns, improving access to fresh fruits and vegetables, especially for those without grocery stores, and serving as a public gathering place that helps reduce social isolation and depression.
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Links urban and rural

Public Markets Link Urban & Rural Economies

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Public markets are one of the few places where the divergent worlds of city and country meet and mutually support each other. Through commerce and conversation, public markets link urban and rural economies and communities.
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Renews downtowns

Public Markets Bring Together Diverse People

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Public markets have often been the most socially diverse public places in a community, bringing people of different ages, genders, races ethnicities, and socioeconomic status together around the experiences of food, shopping, music and conversation.
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Renews downtowns

Public Markets Renew Downtowns & Neighborhoods

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
Successful public markets are the heart and soul of downtowns and neighborhoods, infusing our cities and towns with new energy and social and economic activity.
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