The Capital Regional District (“CRD”) invites qualified individual service providers with experience in community event coordination to submit Expressions of Interest to provide Market Coordination Services for the CRD’s Salt Spring Island Saturday Market In the Park.
The Saturday Market is located in the village of Ganges on Salt Spring Island and operates on Saturdays from the Easter long weekend or the first weekend in April, whichever is earlier, to the last weekend of October, annually. Activities take place in and adjacent to Centennial Park, which is made available by the Salt Spring Parks and Recreation Commission (PARC). Fees are charged for vendor space at the Market, with a set number of seasonal vendor spaces being available, as well as daily rental spaces rented on a first-come, first-served basis. Specific rules exist relative to the source of commodities offered for sale, referred to as the "Make it, Bake it, Grow it" guidelines. On-site coordination of activities is required during all hours the Market is in operation, as well as off-site administration activities provided before and after Market hours, by the Market Coordinator Contractor.