Public Markets: The Seeds of a New Economy
https://www.marketcities.org/article/public-markets-the-seeds-of-a-new-economy
Toronto Selected to Host the 11th International Public Markets Conference in 2023
11th International Public Markets Conference taking place June 8-10, 2023. Co-hosted with the City of Toronto, the City’s St. Lawrence Market and Market City TO, this event will convene leaders in public markets from across the globe.
Thinking Beyond the Parks Department: A Q&A with Javier Otero Peña
https://www.pps.org/article/thinking-beyond-the-parks-department-a-q-a-with-javier-otero-pena
A (Market) Place for Everyone
https://www.pps.org/article/a-market-place-for-everyone
Key Takeaway #1: A Great Marketplace has Plenty To Do.
Key Takeaway #2: Facilitate Access & Linkages to Your Market.
Key Takeaway #3: Welcome the People Most Likely to be Excluded from the Market.
Key Takeaway #4: The Market Is a Place for Gathering.
How Covid Impacts a Market’s Sense of Place
PLACE: A Market City recognizes that its markets are inclusive public spaces that celebrate cultural heritage.
The Seven Principles of Market Cities
1. VARIETY: A Market City includes a wide variety of types of markets in a city as part of one market system.
2. COLLABORATION: A Market City organizes diverse partners and stakeholders who act together to achieve common policy objectives.
3. MEASUREMENT: A Market City measures the value of its markets and analyzes how well they are functioning within a system.
4. RESILIENCE: A Market City has distribution networks that prioritize and support healthy, affordable, and safe food as well as other goods produced in the region.
5. EXCELLENCE: A Market City invests regularly in its market facilities and in the management skills of market operators.
6. OPPORTUNITY: A Market City supports vendors, especially those facing systemic injustices, to start a new business or expand an existing one.
7. PLACE: A Market City recognizes that its markets are public spaces that celebrate cultural heritage.
Why We Need Market Cities
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