Eastern Market Preservation

Save Historic Eastern Market, DC

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The very early days of fresh food at Eastern Market

Help Save an Authentic Eastern Market

Get involved and help us preserve historic Eastern Market as an authentic food market with local handmade arts and crafts outside on weekends.

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Take Action: Sign the Petition to Preserve Historic Eastern Market

Sign the petition to indicate your support for a well-managed Eastern Market featuring fresh food, community events, local farm fresh produce and local handmade arts and crafts.

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Report: DC's Eastern market: How to Save an Endangered Treasure
 

What's So Special About Eastern Market?

Market History

In Washington DC, every time the Market’s demise was planned by District government, neighborhood residents rose up to try and put a stop to it. Endless street protests, petitions, public hearings, and public outrage led to the preservation and continued operation of the Eastern Market as the place for which it was originally designed – as a fresh food and farmer’s Market.

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Supporters of Eastern Market Preservation

As a Hill resident of many years, I cannot imagine life on the Hill without the high quality, fresh foods from Eastern Market and the personal relationships with the merchants. No grocery chain comes close to filling the Market's shoes.

Greg Rohde 10th Street, SE Resident

I was born in D.C., as was my mother and grandmother. My great uncle was a butcher in Eastern Market and my mother (born 1900) remembers going there for lunch when my grandmother was not home. Eastern Market is a great contribution to the neighborhood, tourism which makes money for the city and anyone who believes in honoring our history.

Peggy Wireman DC Resident

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