Honoring and congratulating the Reading Terminal Market for garnering outstanding recognition as the Best Public Market in America. WHEREAS, One of America’s largest and oldest public markets, the Reading Terminal Market serves as a public trust providing a venue for independent local businesses to showcase the Philadelphia region’s culinary bounty and cultural diversity. Housed since 1893 in a National Historic Landmark building, the Market offers an incredible selection of over 75 small, family-owned businesses serving farm fresh produce, meats and poultry, plus the finest seafood, cheeses, baked goods, confections, flowers, jewelry and crafts; and WHEREAS, The Market is managed by a non-profit tenant of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, which has owned the historic Reading Terminal since 1990. In 2014, the American Planning Association named Reading Terminal Market as one of the 10 Great Public Spaces in America and in 2021, 2022, and 2026 the Market was voted Best Public Market by USA Today’s 10Best; and WHEREAS, The Reading Terminal Market has received these awards under the visionary leadership of Annie Allman, CEO and General Manager, and Brent Crossrow, Director and Board Chairman. The Market has a dedicated mission “To preserve the architectural and historical character, and function, of the Reading Terminal Market as an urban farmers' market; To provide a wide variety of produce, meat, fish, bakery and dairy products, and other raw and prepared food, bro…
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