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Report: How to Create Successful Market / Project for Public Spaces Conference - Ald. Rebecca Kemble, D. 18 (October 16-17, 2015 New York, NY)
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"How to Create Successful Markets” is a two-day training course where participants learn the essentials for creating a thriving public market that is economically sustainable, maximizes community benefits and contributes to the creation of public places that attract a broad diversity of people. Participants will learn the essentials for creating an extraordinary public market during work sessions and on-site tours of New York City’s thriving open-air and indoor public markets.
Topics included
Benefits of markets
Ingredients of successful markets
Introduction to Placemaking- making markets better places
Market planning process – scaling up markets with expanded facilities and operations
Community engagement
Sustainable market operations
Market management
Nowhere is the vibrancy of public markets and farmers markets more apparent than in New York—a city rich in cultures, food, festivals, music and street life. We’ll visit some of the city’s most famous markets, including:
Union Square Greenmarket
– a former hangout for junkies, Union Square is now home to the City’s best known open-air farmers market and one of the best public gathering places in the City, drawing more than 60,000 shoppers on a hot summer’s day.
Chelsea Market – an indoor, privately managed public market located in the former National Biscuit Company’s (NABISCO) Oreo cookie factory, this market has evolved from primarily serving the wholesale and production needs of its tenants to becoming a popular, retail market with a strong prepared food presence.
Fort Greene Greenmarket – a neighborhood farmers market of 15-20 vendors nestled alongside a public park i...
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