Chameleon is focused on providing short- and long-term opportunities for local BIPOC and woman-owned local small businesses. Since Chameleon launched in 2019, it has hosted several pop-up shops that featured makers collectively coming together and bringing retail to a collective space. Examples include pop-up retail at Gaviidae Common during the NCAA Final Four in 2019, Mercado Latino featuring Latino-owned small businesses at Gaviidae Common in 2021 and 2022, and the Holiday Village at Young Quinlan in 2022.
Check back to this page for more information on upcoming Chameleon events.
If you are interested in becoming a pop-up vendor for a future Chameleon event, click here to fill out an application.
Celebrate the Holidays on Nicollet each holiday season! Take in the magic of the holidays downtown by browsing and shopping at locally-owned small businesses, and while you’re there take in window storefronts transformed into holiday displays created by Minneapolis-based artists.
This initiative, part of the Vibrant Storefront work by through the City of Minneapolis, is being produced by the mpls downtown council each year. Learn more here.
KARE 11: Mercado Latino pop-up shop opens in downtown Minneapolis (Sept. 19, 2022)
TCB Mag: New Holiday Market Brings New Life to Young-Quinlan Building (Dec. 1, 2022)
MINNPOST: Minneapolis holiday pop-up market elevates BIPOC creators, business owners (Dec. 15, 2022)
KARE 11: Holiday pop-up market in downtown Minneapolis celebrates diverse artists, makers (Dec. 15, 2022)
WCCO: The Holiday Village in Mpls offers unique gifts, supports BIPOC and women entrepreneurs (Dec. 22, 2022)
MPR News: Final Four presents opportunity for pop-up entrepreneurs (April 5, 2019)
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