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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Studio invites
community to
try outdoor
yoga, barre
Market a success — but urgently seeks help
Sisters Farmers Market
reports success with its new
day and time, programming,
and outreach efforts. However,
the Market is requesting that
new volunteers, donors, and
sponsors join in4quickly if
possible.
Changing the day or time
of a Farmers Market can slow
business down for a season or
even years. Sisters Farmers
Market took the risk and
switched to Sundays, 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m., still taking place at
Fir Street Park.
<The market is going
freaking amazing,= exulted
Market Manager Rachel
Kelleher. Attendance is up to
120-165 visitors, up from a
low of 15-20 in late season
last year. A strong base of reg-
ular vendors is rounded out
by <pop-up= vendors to keep
offerings varied each week.
Karen Swaner of Cascade
Mountain Pastures has been a
regular vendor for years.
<The improvement in the
market is phenomenal for
us,= she said, <We see a lot of
familiar faces, but then a lot
of new faces& Consistently,
this year, we are selling more
at the Sisters market than the
Bend market.=
Kelleher acknowledged,
<Last year at this time, three
weeks in, vendors were asking
me where the customers are.
They asked what was I doing
to advertise.=
She continued, <I heard
you! I hired real help from T
and Plazm. Now we have ban-
ners, we have a logo, we have
media coverage, sponsorship,
and newspaper ads.=
Plazm refers to a design
and branding firm that
expanded its presence to
Central Oregon three years
ago, when Creative Director
Joshua Berger and writer/edi-
tor T. Lee Brown moved to
Sisters.
This winter they offered
to help Sisters Farmers
Market develop branding
and strategic marketing at a
reduced rate. When told that
the Market was struggling
and might close down, Brown
volunteered to collaborate
on programming, research,
outreach, and apply to The
Roundhouse Foundation for a
small grant.
Like Kelleher, Brown
has since donated hundreds
of hours to revitalizing the
Market. Both women thanked
their husbands and friends for
helping make it possible.
<I9m eternally grateful to
the local sponsors that have
stepped up 4 with friends,
volunteers, and Roundhouse,=
said Brown, whose new title
is director of marketing and
special ops. <And the City of
Sisters for providing the mar-
ket a grant last year.=
<Rachel has pulled out the
stops to make this market rock,
while raising two toddlers
and working full time. She9s
amazing,= Brown said. <Plus
she9s a hoot to work with.=
But the high level of vol-
unteering has been hard on
Brown and Kelleher. They9re
asking the Sisters community
to ease their load.
What does the market need
in order to keep the momen-
tum going?
<Everything!= exclaimed
Kelleher. <I need physical
help with setting up and tak-
ing down.=
She said the market needs
help with volunteer coordi-
nation, event planning, and
bookkeeping.
Kelleher specified she is
looking for <local people who
understand what we are try-
ing to do and want to dedicate
hours to help.= For market-
ing and community outreach,
Brown said she would love to
have volunteers from through-
out Central Oregon: <If you
can approach a business and
ask them to put up a poster,
you9re hired!=
Why put in so much work?
Kelleher is a Registered Nurse
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Local families can sell their wares directly to their community at Sisters
Farmers Market. Little farmer Junius savors freshly plucked pea pods.
who often has health on her
mind.
<My friend Russ lives
in Black Butte,= she said.
<He is 80 years old. The
Farmers Market brings him
access to the freshest veggies
anywhere.=
Kelleher and Brown
are both working moms.
Promoting the market as a
free, fun, family-friendly
space is important to them.
<I love how the kids come
out and play,= said Kelleher.
<I love how working moms
who are vendors can do their
thing here and feel safe.=
Potential sponsors, donors,
and volunteers are invited to
email sistersfarmersmarket@
gmail.com or call 503-706-
0387 to help. New sponsors
may join businesses includ-
ing Metabolic Maintenance,
Cottonwood Café, The
Nugget Newspaper, She
Soars Psychiatry, and XPress
Printing in supporting the
nonprofit market, which is fis-
cally sponsored by SPRD.
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