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Join our team: We’re hiring an Operations Manager!

Posted July 28, 2025

If you’re excited about the idea of bringing your creativity and innovation to this newly created role, all while having real impact – we want to hear from you! Read More

Sunset Supper: Welcoming Our Newest Vendors

Posted July 17, 2025

With this year’s event comes new and exciting change: Learn about some (but not all!) of the newest vendors joining the lineup and what to expect under the stars on the cobblestones this year. Read More

Sunset Supper 2025: Meet 3 of Our Market Vendors

Posted July 16, 2025

Sunset Supper is getting closer! As part of our 100+ vendor lineup, we’re thrilled to have the participation of more than 20 Pike Place Market businesses adding their cuisine and flavor to the cobblestones this year. Read More

In Memory of John Pehrson: The “Pig Mobility Engineer” of Pike Place Market

Posted April 28, 2025

The late John Pehrson was a retired Boeing engineer, and later a Market Foundation Board member, who became a mastermind that helped design the transportation of more than 170 fiberglass pigs to the Market cobblestones, all to raise money for our neighbors during our “Pigs on Parade” events in the 2000s. Marlys Erickson, past Executive Director of the Market Foundation, told us more about John’s legacy in the Market and the meaning behind the donation in his late memory. Read More

Volunteer Appreciation Month: Meeting Mike Mackley in Pike Place

Posted April 18, 2025

Our mission at the Market Foundation is made possible by the dedication of our 270+ volunteers, and we want to share more about the incredible work they do for our community. We sat down with Mike Mackley, Director of Hospitality for Old Stove Brewing, to hear his take on what it means to be immersed in the Pike Place community and the importance of giving back. Read More

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