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[[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 2 p.m. from May to OctoberDecember.
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 (before its closure) [[eat!]], committed to purchase volume produce from participating sellers as an additional incentive. There are also a number of booths selling plants, crafts and prepared food. Art galleries such as [[Blue Morning Gallery]] also participate in the market.
