newbo city market's sister markets
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A tour through a few public markets in Ohio, to help promote a clearer vision of what the NewBo City Market will become.TRANSCRIPT
A Visit With Our Sister Markets in Ohio.May, 2012
The NewBo City Market
The NewBo City MarketFrom May 15-17, 2012, the staff of NewBo City Market traveled to Ohio
to harvest information and ideas from 3 established public markets. Part of the purpose was to gather images and concepts to help make our vision of a Public Market clearer to potential NewBo City Market
merchants and guests.
Markets
We visited 3 markets:
Markets
We visited 3 markets:
North Market, Columbus
Markets
We visited 3 markets:Westside Market, Cleveland
North Market, Columbus
Markets
We visited 3 markets:Westside Market, Cleveland
2nd Street Market, Dayton
North Market, Columbus
North Market
North Market has a very strong vendor marketing support system in place.
There is a banner and a corresponding pamphlet for each and every vendor.
North Market
They get a lot of support from their community, especially from 3 major annual
events.
North Market
They get a lot of support from their community, especially from 3 major annual
events.
They used to do many more frequent events, but found fewer, bigger events to be
more profitable and easier to manage
North Market
They get a lot of support from their community, especially from 3 major annual
events.
They used to do many more frequent events, but found fewer, bigger events to be
more profitable and easier to manage.
North Market
They get a lot of support from their community, especially from 3 major annual
events.
They used to do many more frequent events, but found fewer, bigger events to be
more profitable and easier to manage.
North Market
They get a lot of support from their community, especially from 3 major annual
events.
They used to do many more frequent events, but found fewer, bigger events to be
more profitable and easier to manage.
Their graphics are very strong as well.
North Market
Pasta
Beer & Wine
Produce Meat
North Market
Soups & Sauces
Varied dining options
Also: ice cream, olives, sausages, waffles & crepes, cookware, sushi, flowers, fish, popcorn
, chocolate, spices, bread, hot sauces, and much more, each in its own stall.
North Market
Takeaways from North Market:
• This is a very old (over 100 years), established market in a relatively new building (1996).
• There is a great product mix, with some overlap but not a whole lot.• They are in a very hip & trendy part of town, called “The Short North,” very close
to the center of downtown and surrounded by restaurants, shopping, bars and nightclubs. The population of Columbus is 787,000 (1.8 mil metropolitan).
• The merchants are very well established and there is very little turnover.• North Market is a shopping AND dining destination – groceries, a snack, a meal;
as a gathering and meeting spot it is an area favorite.• It feels as though every single person in Columbus absolutely loves the North
Market.
Westside Market
The Westside Market in Cleveland is celebrating its 100th
anniversary this year in a beautiful, vaulted space built for the purpose.
Note the consistency of display & signage from merchant to merchant.
Westside Market
The crepe stand is popular.
Meat and Fish make up at least ½ the market.
Westside Market
There’s plenty of prepared ethnic food, Mexican, Italian, Hungarian & more.
Ready to cook fresh pasta is popular too.
Westside Market
This innovative bike rack is a good example of finding the opportunities for public art.
The produce was relegated to an annex, and it was several
vendors hawking the same ol’-same ol’ from off a produce
truck. Here at NewBo we will emphasize farmer-grown.
Takeaways from Westside Market:
• People in Cleveland like their meat.• When multiple produce merchants all sell the same thing, the result is subpar
product selection, a lack of local authenticity, and a lot of infighting between merchants.
• Look and feel are nearly as important as variety and quality of flavors.• NewBo City Market needs popcorn.• Most common customer suggestion is that the market be open on Sundays.• Both markets (North and Westside) had plenty of pasta and bread.• A consistent look and feel is important, as is careful product mix.
Westside Market
2nd Street Market
Dayton (141K) is right around the same size as Cedar Rapids (126K). The market building is a former freight house, much like the farmers’ market in Davenport.
2nd Street Market
While small, the market looks very big because it is long and narrow.
Looking east from center
Looking west from center
Some of the booths were permanent, built-in affairs, while some more closely resembled farmers’ market booths with just a table and a chair.
2nd Street Market
Their in-house marketing support is strong as well.
2nd Street Market
This clock and directional map in the center also serves as a great meeting spot.
2nd Street Market
Types of vendors
included not just
food, but also things like plants and garden supplies, organic stuff
for babies, and decorative
gifts.
2nd Street Market
They have lots of open, flexible space, with overhead doors for when the weather is nice.
The NewBo City Market
The goal is not so much to copy…
Westside Market, Cleveland
2nd Street Market, Dayton
North Market, Columbus
…As to learn and to adapt these ideas to what CR needs…
…To make The NewBo City Market America’s next great
public market.To get involved, contact [email protected]