By: Joseph Lofthouse
(Oct 7, 2010)
As a grower I anchored the Paradise Farmer's market for the second year during 2010. Both years the market closed too early, just before the biggest harvests of the season. This year a staff member went to the city council and got the market extended. What great service! If you want to talk with your farmer this is not the best place since the music is often too loud to hold a conversation without shouting.
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We appreciate your participation so much more than you know. That goes for all of the other growers, crafters, vendors, volunteers, and customers that helped to anchor the market in 2010 as well. Thanks for the input about the music level. We were not aware that music was too loud at times, and knowing that, we will work to find an appropriate solution, just as we did with extending the season. We find that we have more visitors show up with music or entertainment. It's not always easy to coax people out to our fun little community market, especially if they're new to the area and have never been here before. Having music also gives local artists a place to perform and you'll find that many markets offer this. Many of our performers are local college students. They really seem to enjoy the market. This helps spread the word more in town and online, as well as in Paradise. We plan to eventually have some other family-friendly forms of entertainment as well. Please make us aware of any other suggestions you may have to help improve the market for our farmers in the future. We may not be able to grant every wish, but we will certainly do what we can to make the market more pleasant for our anchors and customers!