Portland Public Market - Possible Amenities

•	Centrally located demonstration kitchen for cooking classes featuring seasonal products and themes. Many prominent cookbook authors visit Portland on their publicity tours, but they have nowhere to cook for the Portland public. Such authors could be coordinated by a resident bookstore, and would draw substantial crowds. The demonstration kitchen should also be used for a regular program of free community education including local chefs and cooking teachers. Portland Farmers Market’s Chef in the Market series has been popular with both the public and chefs since it began in 1993.
•	A catering kitchen, which would make the main hall of the Portland Public Market into a venue for large corporate, charitable and convention events. Such facilities would raise revenue and provide another source of animation for the neighborhood.
•	Central Portland lacks meeting rooms for community groups. With a sliding fee scale, meeting rooms could be available to businesses, non-profits, classes and other community groups
•	Stage area for festivals and other performances and events, to serve the dual purposes of attracting customers to the market and giving local and visiting artists a place to perform
•	Office space for food banking and anti-hunger organizations
•	A large market hall can serve as an outstanding site for specially commissioned works of art.