Resources for Supporting the Public Market


Friends,

Thank you for your desire to support our Madison Public Market project. We’ve come way too far and the need for supporting our small businesses is too great to stop the momentum now!

The Madison Public Market Foundation has put together a variety of talking points below to help you write letters to the editor, email your elected officials, and chat with people in our community in support of the Market. Please feel welcome to use any of the language to help support your viewpoint. If you have any questions, you can reach out to us at info@madisonpublicmarket.org.

Here’s one example of a letter of support from Neil Heinen, Channel 3000. 

Also, from the Northside Planning Council, as published in Madison365:  Opinion: Defunding the Public Market is yet another divestment from communities of color

Talking points (according to type of supporter):

For General Supporters

For Small Business/Vendors

For Civic Leaders

For Large Businesses

 

More Information:

Madison Public Market Foundation’s perspective

View our short video on the benefits and purpose of the Market

Wisconsin State Journal overview of the current situation

 

Write to the Mayor and Alders:

Please email the City and ask them to maintain Market funding and move our #MarketForward! The City has received an outpouring of support for our Market. Let’s keep it going!

mayor@cityofmadison.com
allalders@cityofmadison.com

 

Letters to the Editor

Submit a letter to the editor for Wisconsin State Journal (200 word limit)

Submit a letter to the editor for the Cap Times (300 word limit)

 

THANK YOU to the thousands of supporters who have attended public hearings, completed surveys, attended Market events, volunteered, donated, and supported our project in so many other ways. We’re so close! We can make this happen together.

“After being involved with the MPM planning for over a decade, I could not be happier for city leaders and staff, and more importantly the entrepreneurs that will make it special, that this project is inching its way towards reality. The Madison Public Market will be a unique center of excellence serving the Madison Region in the agriculture, food and beverage industry. It will also anchor the Cap East District, making it even more dynamic. Kudos to all those involved.” - Michael Gay, Senior Vice President of Economic Development, Madison Region Economic Partnership

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