Tuesdays, March 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2022 - 10am-12pm ET
Supplemental Session Dates:
Networking sessions: Thursdays, March 3 & 24, 2022 - 10-11am ET
Special topic sessions: Thursdays, March 10 & 17, 2022 - 10-11am ET
Course Description:
Project for Public Spaces is taking its long-running "How to Create Successful Markets” training online, featuring new content from our Market Cities Program along with the enduring lessons and examples from the original in-person training. Over the course of four weeks, market operators, developers, policymakers, and advocates will learn the essentials for creating a thriving public market that is economically sustainable, maximizes community benefits, and contributes to the creation of inclusive public places. In this revamped version of the training, participants will also explore the principles of Market Cities centered on the value of systems thinking to strengthen the shared efforts of public markets, as well as how markets are continuing to adapt to challenges brought about by Covid-19. Participants will learn what it takes to create extraordinary markets and market systems through presentations, facilitated discussions, and video tours of open-air and indoor public markets around the world.
Topics will include:
The range of benefits of markets
Ingredients of successful markets
Market management
Community and stakeholder engagement
Expanding opportunities for vendors
Tools to measure the value of public markets
Making markets better public spaces
Scaling up markets with expanded infrastructure and operations
Sustainable market operations
Public policies that support markets
What to Expect:
Four core training sessions - These core sessions will be hosted for two hours, with about half of the time dedicated to presentations and guest speakers and the other half for breakout discussions and facilitated work sessions. The core sessions will be organized around the Seven Principles of Market Cities.
March 1 - Session 1: Variety & Collaboration March 8 - Session 2: Opportunity & Resilience March 15 - Session 3: Place & Excellence March 22 - Session 4: Measurement & Wrap-up
Dedicated networking sessions - Between core sessions there will be facilitated networking opportunities to connect with fellow course participants and share your own work, challenges, and ideas.
Additional special topic sessions - Two shorter 1 to 1.5 hour sessions offered between core sessions that dive deeper into specific topics. Similar to the core sessions, about half the time will be devoted to presentations and half to discussion and group exercises.
March 10 - Sustaining Public Market Operations March 17 - Designing Public Markets Around Public Space
Supplemental assignments and resources - Weekly assignments will build upon the content of the core sessions and help you apply the tools and concepts discussed during the training to your own work. Relevant articles, guides, and videos will also be made available to supplement your learning.
Core Facilitators and Speakers:
Kelly Verel, Program Director, Market Cities, Project for Public Spaces
Kurt Wheeler, Program Manager, Market Cities, Project for Public Spaces
Kristie Daniel, Livable Cities Program Director, HealthBridge Foundation of Canada
Guest Presenters:
Dr. Furaha Abwe, Urban Planning for Community Change (Arusha, Tanzania): A dive into how markets support Opportunity (one of seven Market City principles)
Jennifer Antos, Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets (Seattle, WA, USA): Lessons learned for measuring a market system's value
Steve Davies, Project for Public Spaces Co-Founder and Principal, Place Solutions Group (New York, NY, USA): Designing public markets around public space
Ben Feldman, Farmer's Market Coalition (Albany, CA, USA): Using data to advocate for national market policy
Ibrahim Maïga Djibo, Public Spaces for All(Niamey, Niger): New research on vendor formalization efforts
Richard McCarthy, Slow Food International (New York, NY, USA): How markets support Resilience goals (one of seven Market City principles)
Marta Messa, Slow Food International (Brussels, Belgium): Advocacy efforts and food councils in the context of the European Union's Green Deal
David K. O’Neil, International Public Markets Consultant (Philadelphia, PA, USA): Sustainable public market operations
Boney Sensasi, Advocates for Public Space (Kampala, Uganda): Lessons learned for measuring a market system's value
John Taylor, FAO Bangladesh (Dhaka, Bangladesh): The role of governance in supporting more resilient market networks
Phaeba Thomas, HealthBridge (Bhopal, India): Partnering with the local university to measure market systems
Thi Kieu Thanh Ha Tran, HealthBridge (Hanoi, Vietnam): How to advocate for market policy
Carmelo Troccoli, Campagna, Amica Foundation (Rome, Italy): Tour of Rome's markets
Shannon Easter White, FunArchitecture (Flint, MI, USA): Designing public markets around public space
Other presenters TBD
If you have any questions about this training course or registration, please contact info@pps.org.
Scholarship application:
The scholarship application has now closed. Applicants will be notified of their status by mid February. If you have any questions, reach out to us at: info@pps.org.
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