Re-Think, Re-Envision, Re-Experience Mid-Market

RRR Mid-Market is a public-private, multi-layered, multi-year program to curate activations in ground floor retail spaces and the public realm through creative arts, businesses, and programming in order to transform the experience of Mid-Market at scale.

PROGRAM GOALS

  • Help businesses, existing and new, operate in the neighborhood, and redefine the area’s retail potential. 

  • Activate vacant spaces by supporting local artists, and play to the neighborhood’s strengths to enhance our public spaces. 

  • Harness a sense of community and establish leadership at the grassroots level so that the work stays focused and sustainable.

CALL FOR CONCEPTS OPEN NOW 

BACKGROUND

RRR Mid-Market was shaped by a 2022 community process and launched in 2023. The program area includes Market Street between 5th and Van Ness Streets, with the first year of implementation focusing on a smaller two-block stretch. The first year of the program will focus on community goals and lead projects to support ground floor retail, public art and placemaking, and advocacy.

Mid-Market has long been home to cutting-edge art venues and organizations, innovative businesses, and residents of all socio-economic levels, yet the area’s stakeholders have coped with neighborhood challenges for years. This program supports a healthy and well-curated retail environment and placemaking that catalyzes the best of San Francisco on Market Street sidewalks. 

The program is managed by the Mid-Market Business Association & Foundation with various partners including NOW Art, MJB Consulting, local arts, business, and community leaders with support from the City and County of San Francisco. 

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RE-THINK

To think again about (something) in order to reimagine what’s possible.

To re-think a new chapter for Mid-Market requires a shift in perspective and a different approach. To reset perceptions and create a path with the future in mind. To work together to activate transformation at-scale. To reimagine a Mid-Market that wouldn’t otherwise exist.

 

RE-ENVISION

To view or visualize (something) in a different way.

To re-envision a Mid-Market where creativity, retail and community intersect. Where we collectively create a neighborhood for today. Where safer streets and artistic public spaces inspire motion and emotion. Where people want to return, time and time again.

  

RE-EXPERIENCE

To experience (something) again (as in the form of a memory).

To re-experience a Mid-Market where the energetic vibrancy and element of surprise attracts people from near and far. Where diverse people meet, live, work and play. Where there’s a blending of the past and present, and a wonder of what’s to come. A place that sparks joy.