[Fwd: Fw: RFP Release: Public Markets and Farmers MarketsGrants]

**Fran f*@juno.com**

Thought this might be useful to some of you.

Fran

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  "Diversifying Public Markets and Farmers Markets"

    RFP Release
    <http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=47111562&u=435455>

Project for Public Spaces, Inc. (PPS) is pleased to release this Request 
for Pre-proposals (RFP), "Diversifying Public Markets and Farmers 
Markets," with approximately /$1 million in collaborative funding /from 
the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

This grants initiative is being undertaken in partnership with the 
Farmers' Market Coalition, a program of the North American Farmers' 
Direct Marketing Association (NAFDMA/ FMC) to support public market 
networks (with a specific focus on farmers markets), individual farmers 
markets, and state/regional farmers market associations. This RFP 
describes the grant program for grants to be awarded in late 2005 and 
early 2006.

The 2006 public markets grant program aims to strategically support 
markets, especially in low- to moderate-income communities, to become 
more economically sustainable and community-centered.

*Grants will be awarded in three (3) categories:*

   1. *Public Market/Farmers Market Networks:* Broadening Impacts &
      Building Sustainability - Five (5) grants in this category from a
      grant pool of approximately $475,000.
   2. *Individual Markets:* Diversifying Farmers Markets Mini-Grants -
      Ten to Fifteen (10-15) grants from a grant pool of $150,000 to
      $200,000.
   3. *State/Regional Farmers Market Associations:* Building Capacity to
      Support Local Markets - Four to Six (4-6) grants in this category
      from a grant pool of $300,000 - 350,000.

To access the RFP and to download the application form, please visit the 
PPS Public Markets Website 
<http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=47111562&u=435456>.

Pre-proposals are due *November 14th, 2005*.

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