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The Market is Open; Farewell to a Friend
The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your orders by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up on Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m. Please see the website for all of this week’s offerings. Here is the link: http://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Concord Street Sweets products are not listed on the Market this week because the ladies have an early morning appointment out of town on Wednesday, June 4. All is not lost, however; they plan to set up a table Wednesday afternoon at the Market with a variety of their best-selling goods. Please plan to stop by and make your purchases in person.
Our market continues to grow each week with new customers and new product offerings. We thank you for your loyalty in supporting locally grown agriculture and for your interest in buying locally. As the volume of customers and products increase, we ask that you be patient with us in matters of checking in by vendors and checking out by customers. Sometimes our little building gets so crowded, especially on days when everyone comes all at once, and people have to stand in line and wait. Also, with people going and coming, parking can get crowded. Please know that we are here to serve everyone as efficiently as possible.
We would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of Brenda Fayard, a Wednesday Market volunteer manager extraordinaire and dear friend. Many of you may not even be aware of all of the ways that Brenda has worked to keep the Market going, as she likes to work quietly behind the scenes! She was instrumental in the founding of the Market and has been the main point of contact for our growers, producers, vendors and customers throughout the past three years. Brenda is “retiring” as a market manager as of mid-June. She will continue to participate in the Market as a grower – Blueberry Hill Farm – but is stepping away from her managerial duties. Please join me and my fellow market managers and volunteers in celebrating our friend Brenda’s service, not only to The Wednesday Market community, but to Pike County in general. Brenda, we love you!
And to our customers, we’ll see you Wednesday at the Market!
Beverly