Member Benefits at City Market Co-op
What You Get as a City Market Member
When you join City Market as a Member, you get more than a membership card — you get real savings, community perks and a voice in how Burlington's only community-owned grocery co-op is run. From semi-annual 20% discounts to discounted cooking classes, weekly department deals to local business perks, your Membership works for you every week.
Savings & Discounts
Classes, Art & Community
Your Membership opens doors beyond the store. Take a cooking class at a reduced price, showcase your artwork at our South End location or simply connect with fellow Members and neighbors who share your values.
Classes & Events
Reduced-Price Classes for Members
Members can access community cooking classes, wine and cheese pairings, nature tours, and other events at a reduced price.
Member Art
Show Your Work at the South End Store
Be featured on the Member Artist Wall in the café at the South End store to highlight your skills and connect with buyers and opportunities in our community!
How to apply: Fill out our Member Artist Application and submit it to membership@citymarket.coop or drop it off at Customer Service. The application includes details on our space, installation requirements, and process.
Current Member Artist
Kimberlee Forney
Exhibit: November - December
Growing up in northern Vermont, Kimberlee Forney enjoyed creating art at an early age. She appreciates the healing qualities of art and it's communicative and emotive powers. Early in her art life, she concentrated on realistically representing the world around her.
She developed her artistic and technical skills while attending Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. While there, she studied various artistic mediums including printmaking, lithography, sculpture, drawing and painting. She received her Bachelor's degree in Studio Art in 2000.
After graduation, Kimberlee's fantastical style developed out of a basic idea involving a lively and musical bar scenario with human-like forms embedded in the scene (titled “Jazzy at the Bar”). Her favorite subjects to explore relate to the beauty and spirituality present in the natural world and in the cultural world surrounding (and within) us.
The medium she chooses to create her images is mainly acrylic on canvas. While she loves creating and sharing a variety of subjects in her style, she is well known for her happy sheep and cow paintings which make people smile. She has work in several galleries in Vermont and in private collections around the world. MAKE ART!
Co-op Governance & Your Voice
As a Member, you're not just a customer. You're part of how City Market is run. Members elect the Board of Directors, attend monthly meetings and gather annually to reflect on the Co-op's progress and direction. It's democracy in action, right here in Burlington.
Run or Vote for the Board of Directors
One of the benefits of being a Co-op Member, and one of our seven cooperative principles, is the ability to elect the Co-op's Board of Directors each year. Members seeking a greater impact can also run for the Board and help shape the Co-op's future.
Board Meetings — Attend Monthly Meetings
City Market Members are welcome to attend monthly Board meetings. Meetings are held virtually except for March, June, September, and December, which are held in-person in the South End Community Room. To access upcoming meetings, email our Membership team at membership@citymarket.coop.
Annual Member Meeting
Every fall, City Market Members are invited to gather with the Co-op community and reflect on the past year's successes and challenges while looking ahead to new opportunities.
At the meeting, Members hear from the Board Chair and General Manager, meet Members running for the Board ahead of elections in October and celebrate the winner of the Community Service Award in Honor of Don Schramm.
Join Now
Not a Member yet? Join City Market as a Member for just $15/year and start enjoying these benefits right away.