The Mission Marketplace

Kevin Frahm The Mission Marketplace is a nonprofit, volunteer-supported, community marketplace that sells many handcrafted items made by economically impoverished people in developing regions of the world. We at The Mission Marketplace believe that each village in the world represents a unique, distinctive group of people. Our goal is to create economic opportunities for craftspeople around the world through the practice of Fair Trade and attempt to increase global understanding by telling these talented artisans’ stories. Kevin Frahm, Executive Director

Traveling through Michigan and want to find a Fair Trade store? Check out this map!

The Mission Marketplace is a non-profit organization that welcomes donations to underwrite our educational mission.

Water It's perfectly cleareveryone needs a Fair Share of Water
Shopping Fair Trade provides more than a just a living wage--it gives communities a way to invest in things like safe water systems.
Educate yourself on the World’s water situation:
”Flow: For Love of Water”, a movie on DVD
“Water and Women in Kenya” on radio program Living On Earth
Visit our Education page to see the exciting series we'll be putting on throughout June, co-sponsored by the Mission Marketplace and the Chelsea District Library.

Print out our newsletters (in pdf format):
November-December 2008
September-October 2008

The Mission Marketplace is located at 117 South Main Street in Chelsea, across from the Common Grill restaurant. Parking is available on the street, in a municipal lot just behind the store, and in a municipal lot on the North side of Main Street.
See MapQuest map.

Print out our store brochure to share!
(This is a pdf document. If you need to, download Adobe Acrobat.)

Board of Directors: Denise Frahm, Chair; Phil Lewis, Treasurer; Elizabeth Hammer, Secretary; Abbey Lewis-Lakin, Student Liaison; Dave Barkholtz; Barbara Cherem; Marilyn Jachalke; Gail McColough, Cathy Muha; Mike Van Goor; Kevin Frahm, Executive Director

There have been visitors to this site since May 20, 2007