Public Markets

Market CIties Initiative

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From Portals to Places

Thinking Beyond Stops and Stations to Community Mobility Hubs

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Endless Bounty: The Transformative Benefits of Public Markets

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Endless Bounty: The Transformative Benefits of Public Markets

Economic Development

Health & Wellbeing

1.1

Successful public markets have a myriad of social and economic benefits

Main Street Guide to Markets

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Main Street Guide to Markets

Main Streets

Rural Communities

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A guide on how to plan a community-oriented market that can also become an important economic driver

Market Cities: Barcelona Offers a Hopeful Glimpse of the Future

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Market Cities: Barcelona Offers a Hopeful Glimpse of the Future

Power of 10

Market Cities

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No matter where you are in Barcelona, you are never more than 10 minutes from a market, which means that fresh food is accessible for all communities.

Healthy Hubs: How Markets Create a New Sense of Community

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Healthy Hubs: How Markets Create a New Sense of Community

Place Attachment

1.3

Markets offer a Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper way to start rebuilding some of the identity and economic activity that many cities have lost.

Markets for All: A Healthy Catalyst for Underserved Neighborhoods

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Markets for All: A Healthy Catalyst for Underserved Neighborhoods

Food Access

2.2

Kickstarting Market City Strategies in Pittsburgh, Seattle & Toronto

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Kickstarting Market City Strategies in Pittsburgh, Seattle & Toronto

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Project for Public Spaces is providing partners in Pittsburgh, PA, Seattle, WA, and Toronto, ON, Canada, with pro bono technical assistance and a small planning grant to develop citywide market strategies.

Annah MacKenzie

Reflecting on Today's Market Trends

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Reflecting on Today's Market Trends

Public Space Stories

3.1

At the first working session of the 9th International Public Markets Conference in Barcelona, participants discussed how public markets can stay relevant in today’s competitive marketplace. Because the success of a public market depends on its ability to remain flexible, as moderator and PPS Vice President Kelly Verel described, “market operators are often leading the charge on what is new and innovative.”

Annah MacKenzie

Public Markets Research

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Public Markets Research

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A summary of PPS' major research on public markets.

Annah MacKenzie

A Good Move for Flint: Relocating Public Market Improves Food Access

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A Good Move for Flint: Relocating Public Market Improves Food Access

Public Markets

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A recent study highlights the impacts that the 2014 relocation of the Flint Farmers Market had on improving access to healthy food in an underserved community with few available options for making nutritious food choices.

Annah MacKenzie

How to Start Your Business at a Local Market: A Vendor Handbook

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How to Start Your Business at a Local Market: A Vendor Handbook

Place Management

4.1

From BBQ to Bellydancing: Celebrating Diversity at the Boise International Market

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From BBQ to Bellydancing: Celebrating Diversity at the Boise International Market

Public Space Stories

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In October 2014, after two years of rebuilding, recruiting, and planning, the Boise International Market (BIM) opened on the site of a once-dilapidated and partially burnt down strip mall in the “Bench” neighborhood of Treasure Valley. Today, only a few months since opening its doors, the site has 27 vendors and restaurants selling food, clothing, and other products from all over the world.

Kelly Verel

4 Guidelines on Taking Public Markets to the Next Level

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4 Guidelines on Taking Public Markets to the Next Level

Food Access

Place Management

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Whether your market is new or established, these principles can help make it succeed as a market and as a great community place.

Kelly Verel

Steve Davies

A Ripe Time for Local Food

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A Ripe Time for Local Food

Food Access

5.1

Four ways markets improve our communities by strengthening ties between urban and rural people.

Steve Davies

Measuring the Impact of Public Markets and Farmers Markets on Local Economies

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Measuring the Impact of Public Markets and Farmers Markets on Local Economies

Place Management

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We know that public markets can become the heart and soul of a community, its common ground, a place where people easily interact, alive with social and economic activity. But how can markets provide tangible evidence of their valuable direct and indirect economic impact?