10/21/2026
📣 SPEAKER ALERT! Want to learn about sponsorship? Join Andrew Rome, Interim Director for the Cuyahoga Valley Farmers Market and answer the question, "Now what?"
You have funding, but now what? This session will equip you with practical strategies to review, assess and optimize market partnerships, sponsors and fundraising strategies, both in-kind and monetary. Through lecture, group brainstorming and a hands-on exercise market managers will learn to evaluate current sponsorships and fundraising strategies for value and strategic fit. You’ll leave with fresh, peer-inspired ideas and a practical template to determine what to grow and what to phase out.