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New page: thumb|right|200px|The Palafox Market '''Palafox Market''' is a farmer's and artisan's market that was launched in 2008 as a joint initiative of the [[Commun...
[[Image:PalafoxMarket.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Palafox Market]]
'''Palafox Market''' is a farmer's and artisan's market that was launched in [[2008]] as a joint initiative of the [[Community Redevelopment Agency]] (CRA) and the [[Downtown Improvement Board]] (DIB). Held at the [[Martin Luther King Plaza]] on the [[Palafox Street]] median, it will take place every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from June to September.
The market is similar the [[Pensacola Growers' Retail Market]], which was held for years under the [[Interstate 110]] overpass at [[Gonzalez Street]], but later moved to [[Brentwood Park]]. In [[2007]], a study commissioned by the DIB recommended a weekend farmer's market or similar event on the Palafox median to attract residents [[Downtown Pensacola|downtown]].<ref>[http://www.downtownpensacola.com/Business/RetailStrategy.pdf Retail strategy]</ref> Market planners invited area farmers to sell their locally grown produce — "no resales"<ref>http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/live/calendar.asp?view=details&eventid=8213</ref> — and several downtown restaurants, including the [[Fish House]], [[Jackson's]] and [[eat!]], are committed to purchase volume produce from participating sellers as an additional incentive.<ref>"Palafox Market to draw farmers and more." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 30, 2008.</ref> There are also a number of booths selling plants, crafts and prepared food.
The first market was held on [[June 7]], 2008.
==See also==
*[[Second Saturday]]
*[[Riverwalk Market]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Open-air markets]] [[Category:Arts & crafts festivals]] [[Category:Downtown Improvement Board]] [[Category:Community Redevelopment Agency]]
'''Palafox Market''' is a farmer's and artisan's market that was launched in [[2008]] as a joint initiative of the [[Community Redevelopment Agency]] (CRA) and the [[Downtown Improvement Board]] (DIB). Held at the [[Martin Luther King Plaza]] on the [[Palafox Street]] median, it will take place every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from June to September.
The market is similar the [[Pensacola Growers' Retail Market]], which was held for years under the [[Interstate 110]] overpass at [[Gonzalez Street]], but later moved to [[Brentwood Park]]. In [[2007]], a study commissioned by the DIB recommended a weekend farmer's market or similar event on the Palafox median to attract residents [[Downtown Pensacola|downtown]].<ref>[http://www.downtownpensacola.com/Business/RetailStrategy.pdf Retail strategy]</ref> Market planners invited area farmers to sell their locally grown produce — "no resales"<ref>http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/live/calendar.asp?view=details&eventid=8213</ref> — and several downtown restaurants, including the [[Fish House]], [[Jackson's]] and [[eat!]], are committed to purchase volume produce from participating sellers as an additional incentive.<ref>"Palafox Market to draw farmers and more." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 30, 2008.</ref> There are also a number of booths selling plants, crafts and prepared food.
The first market was held on [[June 7]], 2008.
==See also==
*[[Second Saturday]]
*[[Riverwalk Market]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Open-air markets]] [[Category:Arts & crafts festivals]] [[Category:Downtown Improvement Board]] [[Category:Community Redevelopment Agency]]
