Thank you @MktFoundation for the incredible opportunity to learn about the history of the market and the multiple ways that it serves our most vulnerable communities.
Public markets like @pike_place increase community health by investing in food, housing, social services, child care, and, of course, the incredible vendors.
@TeresaCMosqueda Thank you for joining us for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Market community! Learn more about our healthy community model and the impact we make in our nine acre district and throughout downtown: https://t.co/QPqFm7qsdN
On Saturday October 29th, 40 ��Pigs on Parade” returned home to Pike Place Market! Thank you for helping us celebrate our 40th Birthday as the pigs went “hog wild” on the Market cobblestones. 🐖 🐖 🐖
With your help, we raised $101,445 for the Market community! Together, we are working to help nurture a thriving Market now and for the next 40 years and beyond❤️
Today, we are celebrating the Friends of the Market and their monumental achievement 51 years ago.
On Nov 2, 1971, Seattle citizens voted to keep #PikePlaceMarket. The vote ended a 7-year battle, established the Market as a historic district & created the Pike Place Market PDA.
On November 2, 1971, Seattle voted to save Pike Place Market from the wrecking ball. 51 years later, we celebrate and proudly reaffirm that the Market is indeed a place worth fighting for!❤️
Check out this short documentary from last year's celebration: hear from the advocates who marched the picket lines, collected tens of thousands of signatures, and mounted significant legal battles.
https://t.co/mM12nHMbU2
In total, we raised $101,445 for the Market community! Thank you everyone for your support! Together, we are working to help nurture a thriving Market now and for the next 40 years and beyond.🥰