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The Community Market
The Community Market helps makes sure that sure that no family in our community has to choose between paying bills or putting food on the table.
The Community Market (TCM) is tackling food insecurity across the Eagle River Valley through two storefront markets in Gypsum and Edwards, pop-up Mobile Markets, and comprehensive outreach programs. By offering a wide selection of fresh produce, dairy, meats, bread, and shelf-stable items, TCM enables over 6,000 individuals each week to access healthy food on a regular basis.
Beyond providing food, TCM is deeply committed to promoting the overall health and well-being of the community through a variety of educational initiatives. These include cooking and nutrition classes that equip individuals with the skills to prepare wholesome meals, and budgeting workshops that help families make the most of their food resources. Our efforts also extend to school lunch debt forgiveness, ensuring that every child has access to nutritious meals without financial barriers. Additionally, TCM offers targeted outreach programs for both youth and seniors, focusing on nutrition education, community engagement, and fostering connections that enhance quality of life.
Through a blend of our storefront markets, mobile markets, and educational outreach, TCM continues to provide critical food access and resources to underserved communities, ensuring healthy, sustainable solutions for all.
The Community Market – Gypsum
A warehouse in Gypsum at 760 Lindbergh Drive – #7 serves as the central operations hub for the program.
View in Google Maps >
We are open for customer shopping in Gypsum:
Monday: 10 am – 4 pm
Tuesday: 1 pm- 4 pm
Wednesday: 10am – 4pm
Thursday: 10am – 4pm
Friday: 10am – 4pm
The Community Market – Edwards
Customers may also shop at our storefront space located in Edwards in the Vail Health Edwards Community Health Campus at 429 Edwards Access Road – Suite A202 . View in Google maps >
We are open for customer shopping in Edwards:
Tuesday: 1 pm – 6 pm
Wednesday: 1 pm – 6 pm
Thursday: 1 pm – 6 pm
Friday: 12 pm- 4 pm
The Community Market – Mobile Markets
We continue to bring our pop-up mobile markets to under resourced communities:
Monday:
Avon: 4:30pm – 6pm
Eagle Bend or Aspen Mobile Homes
Thursday:
Dotsero: 4:30pm – 6pm
The Town of Red Cliff
400 Pine Street
Red Cliff, CO
Colorado Mountain College
150 Miller Ranch Rd
Edwards, CO
The Hythe
Available for employees and their families
715 W Lionshead Cir
Vail, CO
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“People feel comfortable coming to The Community Market. No barriers, no presumptions. Shop for what your family needs. Here, nobody is ashamed. It’s a real market and there is dignity in shopping here.”— Beth Simon, volunteer and donor
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“Fresh food is not a privilege, it’s a right. The Community Market purchases and finds resources to get healthy food, and also rescues food. We are helping our community in providing that quality food and decreasing the amount of impact we are putting on our earth by finding alternative ways to recycle food, not just recycling it into the compost bins but to helping our community to get free, nutritious groceries.” – Erin Baumann, 2022 Volunteer of the Year
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“Eagle Valley Community Foundation offers a wonderful umbrella of opportunity through each one of its programs. The Community Market and MIRA with their focus on nutrition, health and wellness, help to equalize the community. I saw a need; the real need in this community, and I wanted to be part of the solution.” — Margo Andrews, The Community Market 2021 Volunteer of the Year
Three pillars guide our work at The Community Market:
Healthy
People
We are committed to providing a dignified experience for families. We promote a healthy diet and help to improve the overall health of community residents as we work to eliminate any stigma around food access and food security.
Strong
Community
By reaching out to local community leaders, businesses, civic groups and stakeholders, we are able to be responsive to community needs as they emerge. This outreach allows us to focus on distributing to other community partners and delivering food directly to neighborhoods.
Environmental
Sustainability
We help to reduce our community carbon footprint and support environmental sustainability by reducing food waste and recovering excess fresh food from local grocers and farmers. First, we feed people, next we feed animals as farmers pick up food scraps at The Community Markets, and finally, we compost, converting food waste into nutrient rich soil.
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59%
of food distributed is
fresh produce.In one year alone, through our food rescue partners, we rescued nearly 600,000 pounds of food from grocers, 32,053 pounds from farmers, and 10,000 pounds from local restaurants.
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11,907
gallons of water
saved thanks to The Community Market recycling efforts.
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Nearly 16%
Eagle River Valley residents live in food insecure households.
Meanwhile, up to 40% of the food produced in the United States goes to waste.
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141
school lunch debts were paid
in 2022 early childhood programs in the school district.
Our Partners
We are committed to nourishing the lives of those in need throughout Eagle County. Along with neighborhood community centers and mobile home parks throughout the county, local & regional farmers and growers, and several grocers, restaurants, and community non-profit groups, these community partnerships make that possible.
As colder days arrive, a warm coat can make a real difference. 🧥❤️
We’re grateful to 8z Real Estate Vail Valley for hosting a coat drive to support The Community Market and neighbors across Eagle County. This generous effort helps connect people with the warm clothing they need as temperatures drop.
Thank you to everyone who donates a coat, helps spread the word, or takes part in the drive. Your kindness brings our community together and helps make sure more of our neighbors feel cared for this winter.
We appreciated welcoming the Sysco team to The Community Market to see our work up close and learn how our programs support neighbors across Eagle County.
Sysco’s partnership—through discounted food purchases and donations—helps make it possible for The Community Market to provide food for up to 6,000 neighbors each week. Thank you, Sysco, for helping strengthen our community!
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🎉 Eagle Valley Community Foundation is one of seven inaugural grantees of the Katz Amsterdam Foundation and Charitable Trust’s new Catalyst Grant Program!
This $900,000 investment over three years will help us bring fresh food directly to kids at schools, early childhood programs and youth sites across Eagle County.
Catalyst invests in organizations tackling early childhood education, food security, immigrant services and K-12 out-of-school opportunities across mountain communities in Colorado and Utah — and we’re honored to be part of this inaugural class alongside six other incredible organizations.
Thank you, Katz Amsterdam Foundation and Charitable Trust, for believing in this work. 🙏
https://katzamsterdam.org/katz-amsterdams-new-catalyst-grant-program-awards-2-1-million-to-three-organizations-serving-eagle-county-families
Monday Momentum 💛
A huge thank-you to every partner who joined us at the MIRA Health Fair. Your time, care, and resources helped make it a welcoming day for Eagle County neighbors.
There’s more to look forward to this November! MIRA is bringing you a fitness class with Gula Wellness and a chance to shop with a nutritionist at The Community Market. The Community Market’s Holiday Meal Kit application is open through November 9, and Elevar has an upcoming course to help local entrepreneurs keep learning and growing.
We’re grateful to share this work with so many community partners. Stay tuned for event details, and find ways to join us at eaglevalleycf.org!
Got a little time next week? Let’s make it count! 🥕🥑 The Community Market needs volunteers to help bring fresh food and good energy to neighbors across Eagle County. Come lend a hand, meet great people, and leave knowing you made a difference. Sign up today: https://eaglevalleycf.org/volunteer/
