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  • From: cappy AT harborside.com
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>, Eric johnson <akjedj AT gamewood.net>
  • Cc: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Presentation to town council
  • Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:10:27 -0700


Quoting Eric johnson <akjedj AT gamewood.net>:

> <Try www.openair.org. I have been involved with a
farmers' market in > New
> <London, CT and have also worked for muncipal
government. I have my > files in
> <storage including an article about downtown
development and farmers'
> <markets. Let me know if I can be of any help. Mike
Rosenkrantz
>
> Thanks for your response, Mike. I appreciate it. I
wonder if you might > have anything on the benefits of
a farmers market to the surrounding > businesses? I
need to convince the town council that it would be to >
their benefit if they allow me to organize a farmers
market on the trade > lot versus merely letting
farmers sell there for free whenever they > want except
on the "trade day" when there is a booth rental fee.
>
> This would allow for better public awareness and
hopefully better sales > since the buyers and sellers
would have a better chance of being there > at the same
time. also then maybe we could work on a system of
reserving > booth space. The trade day is all first-
come-first-served, with most of > the booths filled the
night before.
>
> thanks,
> Amy K. Johnson
> Johnsons' Produce Patch
> Long Island, VA
> akjedj AT gamewood.net
>
>
>
>
Hello,

Small world. I just wrote my marketing column ("Fresh
New Ideas" in The Capital Press Agriculture Weekly -
Salem, Oregon) on how a farmers market can boost the
economic development of a community.

Wrote about the coastal town of Newport, Oregon. They
needed an attraction to generate visibility, income,
etc.
(they're the town where Keiko (Free Willy Killer Whale)
lived at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. He moved to the
waters ofIceland in 1998, and since then, the economy
in Newport has faltered.

It was the Economic Development director at the Greater
Newport Chamber of Commerce, Lisa Noah, who saw the
need and came up with moving the farmers market to a
high visibility parking lot right on Highway 101.
The market had wanted to move for years, but had no
luck in getting through the red tape.

Together, the Chamber, the City Council, local
merchants and the farmers market were able to get
permission from the National Guard Armonry and the City
Hall to use their parking lot on Saturdays.

The mayor went over and chatted with the powers that
be, and came back with a yes. It took a few council
meetings to jump through a couple hoops (logistics)
and it was agreed on very successfully.

You might want to contact Lisa Noah to learn more at
541 265-8801. That community realized just how vital
the market is to the economy.

Working together works miracles.

Good luck.

Cappy Tosetti on the Oregon Coast.

www.bumpercropmarketing.com




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