When your job is weird, it's easy to feel isolated. Who do you ask for help when all of your friends work desk jobs? How do you advocate for the importance of markets in your community when you're a team of one? Where do you go to brainstorm city specific issues? Well the solution just might be in your own backyard.

In this episode of our Survive & Thrive series, we're emphasizing the importance of hyper-local coalitions on the success and longevity of markets in your city, county, or region. Because no one understands markets better than other market managers.

Listen in as we discuss:

• The effectiveness of collaborative problem solving
• Why it helps to lean on fellow market managers
• How to collectively navigate changes to local permitting and safety protocols
• The benefits of exchanging farmer and vendor information

This episode is supported by MarketWurks, making market management easier.