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How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline?

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Explore Vibrancy

Share your definition of what vibrancy looks like where you live. Find out more...

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Tell us about the cities and communities you know are currently struggling or in the process of revitalising.

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Mission #2 Share Stories

Night market keeps the city alive.

Night market is the place that bring people together in one space. Some people go there to relax after work. Some start their business hours. That's when vibrance begins.

Inside the Night Bazaar in Bangkok, Thailand

One of the shops in Brooklyn Night Bazaar

If the jobs during the day are hard to find, why don't we try it at night. Night market can create opportunities for unemployed people to start their own business because the rental rate is way lower than to rent the business space to sells good.

In Thailand, there are lots of Night Bazaar spread around the major city. People who work during the day come here to eat, shop, socialise and relax. While another group of people just start their work hours to cook or sell their stuff. Inspired from Thai Night Bazaar, Brooklyn Night Bazaar (www.bkbazaar.com) began the first event this year. It will happen again on December 15-17, 5pm-midnight which can say a lot about how successful it is.

When people spend the time together in the market. It can restore the vibrancy, opportunities and creativity to the city.

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Meena Kadri

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November 29, 2011, 04:38AM

Cheers for the Inspiration, Thitiphong )! Here's a quick tip: we're starting to see a couple of related inspirations around markets and you might want to connect them to your post using the Build Upon feature. This helps us all join the dots between related posts and will show up on your Collaboration Map for this post. Plus you'll get more DQ points!. Hit the Update button on the right of your post, then scroll down to Build Upon. Search terms like 'market' and drag anything relevant over to your Build Upon field. Keep up the great work!

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