FK Interactive To Head Up Brand Strategy, Public Relations and Digital Media Planning for East End Market & Event Center in Orlando

East End Market, a local artisan collective inspired by America’s best food emporiums and farmer’s markets, has selected FK Interactive as its creative agency to spearhead an expanded focus on the East End Market’s community gathering spaces, and increase awareness for the brand within the Central Florida community.

As a recognized leader in the urban farming and retail development space, East End Market founder John Rife spent many years traveling across the United States, visiting cities with bustling food scenes and communities that supported local farms and makers.

His passion for sustainable commercial construction and local culture prompted the purchase of an old church in the Audubon Park Garden District in Orlando, Florida. The building was subsequently converted into the Market Hall and East End Market event spaces in late 2013.  The market ethos centers upon the importance of eating locally, living sustainably, and as such, has integrated these core community values into the facility and culture at the market.

A few of the building highlights are as follows:

• As a commercial property, East End Market was one of the first businesses in Orlando to help pilot the City’s food composting program.
• In front of the market, an organic garden comprised of Florida native plants and vegetables adds to landscape, creating green space with a purpose.
• A substantive recycling program has been integrated throughout the property, down the to vendor level.
• Instead of tearing down the original construction, East End Market chose to repurpose the structure, maintaining much of the building foundation and structure.
• Within the East End Market offices, the doors are architectural salvage from Henry Flagler’s Railroad offices, located in St. Augustine, Florida.

Over the past four years, locals from in and around the Orlando area have gathered at East End Market, to satisfy their food cravings, share ideas, and create memorable events for friends, family, and colleagues alike.

While many in the Orlando area are familiar with the downstairs market, local businesses and associations have also found a second home within the East End Market event spaces, knowing that their choice of venue had a sense of place and purpose in the community.

Organizations such as Florida Hospital Foundation, Arnold Palmer Medical Center, Rollins College, the University of Central Florida, the Urban Land Institute, Orlando Philharmonic, the Orlando Magic, and a number of religious and women’s groups in the Orlando area frequently choose East End Market’s event spaces as the ideal location to host workshops, trainings, and other gatherings and functions.

By choosing the East End Market & Event Center, both consumers and local businesses are also positively impacting the Orlando economy, putting three times more dollars back into the community* versus choosing to a chain event space.

To help raise brand awareness, and educate the public regarding the uniquely diverse and economically responsible opportunities available within the East End Market event spaces, FK Interactive aims to conduct a deep analysis of the East End Market brand, communications, and client demographics, ensuring that East End Market’s event spaces as known as the best community focused choice for organizations and individuals seeking to support sustainability, local food artisans, and Florida agriculture.

The FK Interactive team will also be on point to manage direction for physical signage within the market, as well as street side, and assist the East End Market team with creative and digital media strategy. The brand initiative will include creative and media outreach for an upcoming community event, to be announced later this year.

East End Market Founder John Rife said, “At East End, we’re all about providing a place for folks to have meaningful moments around food, farming and local entrepreneurship.  When we decided to take a look at how the event venues at East End could expand this mission, FK Interactive was a natural fit for helping us explore how best to utilize our venues.

East End’s fans and customers run the gamut, and finding a consulting team with a broad enough portfolio to speak to this diverse customer base was important to us. FK Interactive was uniquely qualified to help us tailor our branding and narrative to our ever expanding and sundry patronage.”

“As business owners and long-time Orlando area residents, we have a deep appreciation for the  importance of supporting entrepreneurship and business, and in particular food culture, within our backyard,” said Kevin Rosen, founder of FK Interactive.

“East End Market does this in a truly distinctive way, for the artisans and vendors on site, the patrons that visit the market, and for local organizations that look to East End Market as an ideal choice as an off-site event venue.

We look forward to facilitating their brand evolution, and raising awareness for East End Market as the ideal choice for both corporate and life events.”

*Source: American Independent Business Alliance

About East End Market, LLC

Since 2013, East End Market has been dedicated to raising awareness for eating locally, living and working sustainably, and celebrating the artisanal food producers and makers who call Central Florida home.  Created with the understanding that each community is diverse and unique, East End Market and Events strives to fill those needs with locally sourced, hand-made, and thoughtfully curated products and services.

Their support for local entrepreneurism, and as an artisan food culture destination, has been nationally recognized by top tier publications such as USA Today, New York Times, Orlando Sentinel, Wine Enthusiast, Florida Trend, Edible Magazine, and many more.

Contact their office at (321) 236-3316, online at eastendmkt.com, or at the East End Market offices at 3201 Corrine Dr, Orlando, FL 32803.

About FK Interactive

FK Interactive is a full-service lifestyle branding and communications agency located in Winter Park, Florida. Having worked with a broad base of industry brands, including retail, food and beverage, real estate, finance, interior design, and packaged goods, FK Interactive works side-by-side with their clients to develop branding strategies that attract more customers, and create brand loyalty.

From onsite signage to social media content and communication strategies, FK empowers client brands, helping them to stand out in a highly competitive marketplace. Their opinions and client brands have been featured in national print and digital media including Bravo Television, Huffington Post, Shape, SWAAY, The Houston Chronicle, Orlando Weekly, Food & Beverage World, and many more.  To learn more about their services, and how effective communications can impact your brand’s bottom line, contact them at 321-28-LOCAL, online at fkint.com, or at [email protected].

East End Market, LLC Contact:

John Rife

(321) 236-3316

[email protected]

FK Interactive Contact:

Cassandra Rosen

(321) 285-6225

[email protected]

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