Organizational Planning
From identifying community needs and defining your market's mission, to choosing the right organizational structure and building a realistic budget, there's much to consider before opening day. We hope what’s provided will help you consider your goals and capacities, and find a sustainable path forward.
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Creating a Market
Resources that provide an introduction to the many moving parts of starting a farmers market.
Resources that provide an introduction to the many moving parts of starting a farmers market.
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Business Structure & Entity Selection
Will your market operate as a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company (LLC), corporation (for profit or nonprofit), cooperative, or some other form of business?
Will your market operate as a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company (LLC), corporation (for profit or nonprofit), cooperative, or some other form of business?
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Financial Planning & Budgeting
Keep your market organized and informed with sound budgets and forecasting.
Keep your market organized and informed with sound budgets and forecasting.
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Fundraising for Your Market
Fundraising is what propels markets through every stage of development. Whatever your goals, the right funding strategies can help you build a financially stable, community-focused market.
Fundraising is what propels markets through every stage of development. Whatever your goals, the right funding strategies can help you build a financially stable, community-focused market.
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Strategic Planning
Tools for stepping back from the day‐to‐day operations to affirm the market’s overarching vision, define priorities and goals, and decide strategies.
Tools for stepping back from the day‐to‐day operations to affirm the market’s overarching vision, define priorities and goals, and decide strategies.
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Expansion & Challenges
If you’ve established a market but are curious to know how to expand, these resources can help.
If you’ve established a market but are curious to know how to expand, these resources can help.
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Information Management and Succession Planning
Systems for retaining organizational information that support markets through change and growth.
Systems for retaining organizational information that support markets through change and growth.
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