Saturday Art Market is an opportunity for the general public to not only purchase from but to engage with many and varied artisans. We have partnered with the local Farmers Market to help support each other in a shared space ---Big Ole Park. We each benefit from the clientele that is unique to each of our offerings. We receive financial support from the local DownTown Merchant association and from individual members who are arts focused. We apply for and have received financial support from local sources such as the REA Operation Round-up grant process and we have been consistently aided from the Explore Alexandria group. Our local Chamber of Commerce has been a longtime encouragement of what started out to be a small venture by two women who are always looking for more ways to promote art. We welcome private donations and are currently working with the local Rotary club to raise funds to construct a community public picnic shelter on the backside of the existing rest area. This shelter will benefit everyone who stops by to take pictures of BIG OLE or perhaps are on a bike ride or hike on the Central Lakes Trail that runs through this park. We have had a great working relationship with the Alexandria Park Department finding ways to improve the amenities that are currently available and always expanding the possibilities by adding new ones.