Main Street Guide to Markets

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

Endless Bounty: The Transformative Benefits of Public Markets

Successful public markets have a myriad of social and economic benefits

Healthy Hubs: How Markets Create a New Sense of Community

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

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

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.

Markets for All: A Healthy Catalyst for Underserved Neighborhoods

Public Markets Research

A summary of PPS' major research on public markets.

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

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

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.

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

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?

A Man, a Plan, a Market: The Lighter Quicker Cheaper Transformation of a Rural Kentucky Main Street

How a small farmers market in Corbin, KY helped turn a struggling Main Street into an energetic community hub.