Sponsorship Opportunities
we invite local corporations or businesses (customer service structured) to participate with our market by supporting as a community sponsor.
The Owosso Farmers Market is proud to be a massive part of the positive impact and growth for the city of Owosso and Shiawassee County. We are thankful for our local
OFM is a locally owned business, producing one of the largest and longest standing farmers market in Mid-Michigan every year. The consistent success has allowed us to establish a quality line up of vendors and a dedicated customer base including thousands that shop at all of our market events.
The necessary resources for producing a successful farmers market season and each individual artisan market include a full year of: planning, marketing, operating, producing, maintaining and administering – which also require significant financial support. In addition to events, we implement SNAP Nutrition Programs which require upfront costs and staff to operate each season. OFM relies solely on stall fees and sponsorship funds to keep OFM staffed and sustainable every season.
Our mission is focused around providing fresh food accessibility while supporting local growers & makers, and creating an inclusive community space for people of all ages. As we intentionally expand to provide new opportunities and food access for the community, we require additional overhead and staff to keep things running. Our annual sponsors provide the root foundation of support on which we can depend and succeed.
Become an owosso farmers market sponsor for 2023
Level 1
$500 Sponsorship Package Includes:
- Business name / logo featured on at the OFM booth on a free standing sign for the OFM season
- We will share recognition on the OFM Facebook page: with over 12,000 followers & growing, with a link to your business once during the market season.
- Recognition on OFM website on our sponsorship page featuring your logo linking to your website.
- One promotional handout item featured at the OFM booth every Saturday.
Level 2
$1,000 Sponsorship Package Includes:
- Your name / business logo featured on at the DOFM vendor free standing sign for the DOFM season
- We will share recognition on the DOFM Facebook page: with over 10,000 followers & growing, with a link to your business twice during the market season.
- Recognition on DOFM website on our sponsorship page featuring your logo linking to your website.
- One promotional handout item featured at the DOFM booth every Saturday.
- Opportunity to host our community booth for one market featuring your marketing materials, or set up your own booth in a single vendor space at a date of your choice.
Level 3
$2,500 Sponsorship Package Includes:
- One promotional handout item featured at the OFM booth every Saturday.
- Street level signage addition – your business logo to be displayed on our “welcome” sandwich board signs at the entrances of the market.
- Opportunity to host next to the OFM booth for one market day in a single vendor space at a date of your choice.
- Moonlight Market: logo added to shirt and welcome sign
- Recognition on OFM website on our homepage AND sponsorship page featuring your logo, linking to your website.
- Business logo widely distributed on all printed promotions for market events
- We will share recognition on the OFM Facebook page: with over 12,000 followers & growing, featuring a link to your business three times during the market season.
Level 4
$5,000 Sponsorship Package Includes:
- One promotional handout item featured at the OFM booth every Saturday.
- Street level signage addition – your business logo to be displayed on our “welcome” sandwich board signs at the entrances of the market.
- Opportunity to host next to the OFM booth for one market day in a single vendor space at a date of your choice.
- Moonlight Market, Holiday Market or Fall Fest “presented by” sponsorship recognition: Your business presenting ONE of these highly visited seasonal market events.
- Recognition on OFM website on our homepage AND sponsorship page featuring your logo, linking to your website.
- Business logo widely distributed on all printed promotions for market events
- We will share recognition on the OFM Facebook page: with over 12,000 followers & growing, featuring a link to your business three times during the market season.
- business four times during the market season
The last Saturday of every month during the Farmers Market season is Kids Day! This event provides our community youth with free engaging workshops, goodies & treats and other fun activities. Each Kid Day hosts hundreds of children of all ages. Our goal is to welcome and encourage our youth to learn at our Farmers Market, while creating lasting memories.
Sponsors for any Kids Day event will be provided with one vendor booth space located in front of The Armory, next to the Kids Day setup, plus signage and social media promotion during the market season.
If you would like to sponsor a Kids Day event at the market, please contact us and we’ll go over what opportunities we have available and planned for the season. These sponsorships include providing approved workshop supplies or funding the supplies for pre-planned workshops.
Your proceeds go directly to supporting the infrastructure of the Owosso Farmers Market, which provides support to our local farmers, makers and producers. All sponsors receive prominent promotion within our market events, reaching a diverse audience of thousands of customers.
The Farmers Market hosts over 1,000 customers during our summer Saturday markets. Our artisan markets; Moonlight Market and the Holiday Market host over 3,500 people in one evening. The OFM social media pages currently have 12,000 followers and our website averages 15,000 unique visitors each month.
Please remember, our market events support your neighboring farmers and small business owners who are selling their goods. For this reason, any sales, samples, tastings and/or giveaways of food, drink or specific merchandise is not accepted as a part of any Market Sponsorship. If this is of interest, please contact us to review options vendor options.
Feel free to choose a sponsorship level below that reflects you or your business’ interest and capacity – or contact us and we’ll work with you to customize a package for your organization.
