About Us
Friends of Lincoln Park Farmers Market is a non-profit 501c3 organization that manages the Lincoln Park Farmers Market. Lincoln Park Farmers Market is a small outdoor urban market in Lincoln Park, Michigan at the southwest corner of Fort Street & Southfield Road.
How We Got Started
To bring fresh local grown produce and other local foods to the Lincoln Park community.
The products and services we offer
Recommendations Received (38)
"The Lincoln Park Farmers Market is a great place to sell handmade items and fresh fruit! They are..."
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"The Lincoln Park Farmers Market is a great place to sell handmade items and fresh fruit! They are very helpful when you need them the most! "
"Friends of Lincoln Park Farmers is a great location and fun group of vendors/farmers to sell your..."
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"Friends of Lincoln Park Farmers is a great location and fun group of vendors/farmers to sell your products."
Products & Services
Lincoln Park Farmers Market is a small outdoor urban market in Lincoln Park, Michigan, operated by Friends of Lincoln Park Farmers Market. We are ...
We need the support from our local community to help keep our market running each week.
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Enjoy honey from local bees and native plants. Come to Friends of Lincoln Park Farmers Market for locally-locally sourced honey and beeswax product...
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"Natalie is super talented through her handmade craft items. "
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Good we have some money to start 2022 with.
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Good we have some money to start 2022 with.
We have used DonorPerfect since early 2021.
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We have used DonorPerfect since early 2021.
We received PPE's from a local non-profit. But there was additional costs that we could use help for if there is any funding. Most grants require that you have employees, we have no employees.
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We received PPE's from a local non-profit. But there was additional costs that we could use help for if there is any funding. Most grants require that you have employees, we have no employees.
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Facebook works very well for our farmers market. We also have a Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat accounts. For a while we were doing weekly Tweets because there was an option to pre-schedule a Twitter tweet when we pre-scheduled weekly texting via Ez Texting. Now Ez Texting no longer...
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Facebook works very well for our farmers market. We also have a Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat accounts. For a while we were doing weekly Tweets because there was an option to pre-schedule a Twitter tweet when we pre-scheduled weekly texting via Ez Texting. Now Ez Texting no longer offers that option. Snapchat, I know little about. Pinterest is basically information only. But Facebook is what is being primarily used to market farmers markets.
Contact your local VFW and American Legion.
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Contact your local VFW and American Legion.
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Find yourself a good pro bono attorney to get your non-profit set up. Many of our countries large law firms have Pro Bono Managers. Ask other non-profits which pro bono lawyer/law firm they used. Then contact that lawyer and/or the pro bono manager. Of course, there is a cost to get a...
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Find yourself a good pro bono attorney to get your non-profit set up. Many of our countries large law firms have Pro Bono Managers. Ask other non-profits which pro bono lawyer/law firm they used. Then contact that lawyer and/or the pro bono manager. Of course, there is a cost to get a non-profit set up - although minimal state fees, the IRS fee for the 501c3 application is $600 now. Do some easy fundraisers to raise this money. Once your non-profit is established start locating sponsors. Also do some research into how other non-profits that travel overseas handle the travel costs. Check and see if any of the airlines etc. offer discounts for 501c3 organizations.
Try joining an association. They often offer group insurance to members. We have liability insurance this way. It's a huge cost savings. However, our problem is finding affordable auto insurance on a van that our organization owns.
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Try joining an association. They often offer group insurance to members. We have liability insurance this way. It's a huge cost savings. However, our problem is finding affordable auto insurance on a van that our organization owns.
We did participate, posted a few times on our Facebook page. We haven't seen anything yet.
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We did participate, posted a few times on our Facebook page. We haven't seen anything yet.
I hit up our business community. I also hit up businesses who our city does business with because those are larger corporate business vs. the small mom & pop's in my city who tend only to give us $50 or $100. I also look at who other farmers markets, other special events get for sponsors. ...
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I hit up our business community. I also hit up businesses who our city does business with because those are larger corporate business vs. the small mom & pop's in my city who tend only to give us $50 or $100. I also look at who other farmers markets, other special events get for sponsors. Hitting up the customers who support our market is much tougher to achieve.
My best method is to ask local businesses for sponsorships. I've created a long list that I email every year. Of course, sometimes it takes multiple emails. And now I have someone making follow up calls to that list.
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My best method is to ask local businesses for sponsorships. I've created a long list that I email every year. Of course, sometimes it takes multiple emails. And now I have someone making follow up calls to that list.
