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Downtown Farmers Market Seeks $59,250 in DID Support; Board Pledges $5,000 Pending Application
Summary
The Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market requested $59,250 from the Downtown Improvement District for marketing, gardening supplies and safety barricades; the DID voted to pledge $5,000 contingent on a formal grant application and a staff-prepared grant agreement.
Christine Nordstrom, chair of the Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market board, asked the Downtown Improvement District (DID) board on May 6 for $59,250 to support a multi-part plan that centers on marketing, family gardening activities and safety barricades.
Nordstrom told the board she has led market initiatives for five months and wants to “apply the same tactics” she used to grow her business, 5 O Donut Co., to raise market attendance and vendor counts. She said the market’s marketing request is $25,850 and that a previous impact study found the market draws “approximately on average 20,000 visitors…
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