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The Thai Town Marketplace is a public market that provides entrepreneurs with small business opportunitiess, creates permanent jobs, and helps low-income individuals become economically self-sufficient. It provides an ideal low-cost entry point for starting a business.
The public market will also improve access to affordable, nutritious and culturally-appropriate foods. The East Hollwyood area is culturally and ethnically diverse, with large Latino, Armenian and Thai communities. We consider this tapestry of cultures an asset. The multi-cultural aspect of the market will create an authentic marketplace based on ethnic foods, artisanship and traditional products reflective of the diverse cultures of the area.
Thai Town Marketplace Community Benefits:
- Create a community market that improves East Hollywood and bolsters cultural tourism in Thai Town;
- Create 40 entrepreneurship, management, and service jobs;
- Support 18 food, retail, and artisan small businesses;
- Construct an indoor food court and host an outdoor famrers' market;
- Promote healthy eating, lifestyles, and safe public spaces for socializing;
- Pursue LEED Silver Certification and environmental stewardship.
Coming Fall 2010 to the Hollywood/Western Metro Subway Station
Capital Campaign
Click here to see how you can make this public market happen
Documents:
Thai Town Markeplace Site Plan
Where would you put a public market? Interactive Sticker Project
Thai Town Marketplace Research Poster
News:
LA Times: Thai Town receives prestigious distinction from First Lady Laura Bush as a Preserve America neighborhood - a national designation for commuities of historical and cultural significance, Aug 3, 2008
LA Times: Thai Town is looking up - The working-class area hopes to use its lively ethnic shops and eateries to draw visitors and revitalize the community, Aug 2, 2007
UCLA in LA: Public Markets as a Tool for Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Social Integration in East Hollywood, 2006
