Help us explore the potential of a year-round, indoor public market in Omaha!
Heritage Omaha is collaborating with Project for Public Spaces to study the potential of a year-round, indoor, nonprofit public market at The RiverFront in downtown Omaha.
A public market could create vibrant community space, support local small businesses and start-ups, and feature fresh, prepared, and specialty foods as well as arts, crafts, and other local goods.
Your Market. Your Voice.
We are inviting the public to share feedback to understand how a public market could best support the community as we work to design a market concept that feels uniquely ‘Omaha.’ Your participation helps pave the way for the potential future development of a public market.
The potential public market site is located at 8th and Farnam streets along The RiverFront’s Heartland of America Park, near the Skate Ribbon and the Farnam Promenade.
What is a Public Market?
A public market offers locally owned and operated businesses a central place to sell a variety of goods, including fresh and prepared foods. Public markets are set apart from other types of retail, such as grocery stores, by a few key criteria:
Having public goals, or clear and tangible ways they aim to benefit their local communities;
Operating in a public space, or creating a public space, so they provide inclusive places for the community to gather; and
Serving locally owned and operated businesses, which feeds money back into the local economy while creating low-risk opportunities for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
To learn more about public markets, please visit Project for Public Spaces’ website.
