Welcome to the Tacoma Farmers Market!

Not everybody knows this yet--it is special classified information for people who visit our website.

Here's the news: As soon as you set foot in our farmers market each Thursday, the ordinary dollars in your pocket take on Super Powers. It's true. They look the same, but you're walking around with Super Power Dollars if you're between 9th and 11th Streets on Broadway. This offer is only valid between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursdays.

How does it work? Every time you spend money at the Tacoma Farmers Market, you're not just getting the freshest farm products, the finest artisan crafts or the most delicious dish on a paper plate that's to be found. That exchange is wonderful in itself. But it's only part of the story.

The dollars you spend here are actually worth so much more. When you buy your favorite items at the Broadway market, you're actually making an investment in the kind of community you always dreamed about but stopped believing was possible.

You help make Tacoma a place where neighbors talk to each other, where we know where our food comes from, and where small businesses thrive. You help build vital public spaces, you help our crime rate go down, and you support access to healthy food for all people. You bring laughter to the streets again, and put smiles on children's faces.

Who knew you could do all that just by going to a farmers market? Well, try it this year. Spend your Super Power Dollars and watch our community grow stronger. Help build a farmers market culture in Tacoma. It's local, tasty and fun.

Richard Hines, Board President