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Market Vendors, LLC is
comprised of four original vendors of the Portland Public Market. The
Portland Public Market was founded in 1998 by the Libra Foundation, the
non-profit trust established by philanthropist Betty Noyce. Located in
downtown Portland, the Portland Public Market intended on providing a
farm-to-market outlet for Maine food producers in the heart of the
largest metropolitan area and population concentration in the State of
Maine. After 8 years, however, although many individual vendors
succeeded and thrived, the management of the market was top heavy and
the building was expensive, causing the Libra Foundation to sell the
building and displace its tenants. Of the remaining vendors, some
closed up shop and some found new locations on their own, but a core
group of original vendors decided to stick together and carry out the
original goals of the Portland Public Market, using their collective
success and experience as a guidepost. |
