Hi Folks,

A recent competition for designing farmers markets was hosted by GOOD magazine. Please have a look at: http://www.good.is/post/redesign-your-farmers-market-winners/

A student of mine, Josh Donaldson, and I submitted an entry, you can see it in the markets journal!

best to all,
Alfonso

Folks,

Sean Basinski, of the New York's Street Vendor Project, is recently returning from a Fulbright Fellowship in Lagos. He composed the report, "All Fingers are Not Equal." It will be of great interest!

Contact him directly at sbasinski@urbanjustice.org

Find the report on the Markets Journal section of the webpage!

all best,
Alfonso

Recently a student of mine forwarded me this email request for help:

Greetings--

I'm looking for folk who work in communities that regulate street
vendors and peddlers.

You fit the bill, you say?

Great. So, tell me how you handle requests by peddlers/vendors who want,
say, to run a shaved ice cart in front of a boutique--with the boutique
owner's support, of course--for a month.

Do you allow it?

And, if you do allow this sort of thing, is there ever a point (hours per
week/weeks per year) where you conclude the peddler/vendor is doing things
that warrant a look at the approvals pertaining to the site (e.g., site
plan approval)?

What defines that point?

Thanks for any input. And if you can, please provide a copy of your
response to X A CITY PLANNER IN THE NORTHEAST.

I responded and asked her to send the following (I HOPE IT HELPS FOLKS!):