Collingswood SAT MAY 27, 2017
MAYFAIR!
Week 4 of our 2017 Season is the very different Mayfair Saturday.
As we do just once every year, we’re relocating to Irvin Avenue this week to accommodate Mayfair, the annual town-wide block party that attracts maybe 50,000 participants to Haddon Avenue. For experienced vendors, this is no surprise; for newcomers, the dislocation will be startling.
Vehicles are Prohibited
Vehicles cannot be driven into or parked on Irvin Avenue, which is narrower than our usual spaces. Instead, you’ll be parking in the lot behind the Kitchen Associates building and unloading by foot onto Irvin Avenue.
Do Not Drive Onto Irvin Avenue
A few vendors have made appointments with David to arrive at particular times for very brief vehicle access. Unless you have a scheduled time to use your vehicle, park in the Kitchen Associates lot and walk your setup.
Site Plan and Pavement Chalk
- The Irvin Avenue Site Plan is attached.
- In addition, David will be chalking the pavement squares with your initials to confirm which spaces you’ve been assigned.
Guest Vendors
We had limited room for Guest Vendors this week, but are happy to note the several participants in the site plan above. Garden State Juice, Neil’s Knife Sharpening, and Inspired Brews Kombucha will join our full-season vendors as Guests this week.
BID Vendors
Only Villa Barone and Sara’s Produce will join us, both near the intersection of Haddon Avenue, just inside DanLynn Organic and King Kernel corn.
Guest Artist
We are including one Featured Artist among our guests. Return vendors will recognize the colorful Doctor-Seuss-like birdhouses of Deppenwood. They’re very popular Mayfair items and we’re happy to have them in our midst.
No Veggie Valet / No Volunteers / No Music / No Dog Tent
There will be no Veggie Valet, no Friends of the Farmers’ Market, no Live Music, no Dog Tent, and no dedicated Nonprofits spaces this week. All will return SAT JUN 03.
Flexible Site Plan
This week especially I will need vendors to be flexible and understanding as you set up your spaces. I will be on the site from 5am until 8am to facilitate the load-in, after which I will depart to visit the Brigantine Farmers’ Market. (It’s the only Saturday I am free to see this Market, and I’ve never been there.) Remain calm and sell a lot of stuff.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Collingswood SAT MAY 20, 2017
Better Weather
How does Mostly Sunny, Temps in the 60s sound?
Attention, New Participants!
These instructions will help insure a smooth arrival and setup during what can be a hectic hour. We’ll offer directions and general instructions for the first three weeks of May to help orient new guest vendors and other participants.
Study your location
- Further down this post you will find the site plans for opening day SAT MAY 06.
- The first farm vendors arrive at 6am. You are welcome to arrive with them.
- Arrive no later than 7am. You need to be ready to meet the public at 8am.
- David will be on site wearing red sweatshirt and/or jacket and a Market cap.
- Find David or text him to let him know you’ve arrived.
- Text, don’t call, (856) 979-6653
If you’re on the North side of the Market (spaces 1-49)
- DO NOT drive into the Market at all.
- You’ll park briefly alongside the parking meters on the north side to unload.
Be Smart when you park.
Don’t command a parking space that shoppers can turn over a dozen times.
- David will have Vendor Parking Passes for you
- Park in the Lumberyard Garage for free
- Saving spaces for shoppers means more of them will visit your tent and table.
- Don’t be late, but text ahead if you’re going to be late.
- Text me: (856) 979-6653.
- If you must call instead of texting, please remember, when I answer, I will be busy with someone who’s on time.
- Remain patient.
Look for the chalk
- Market space numbers are marked with chalk on the pavement.
- Market spaces are parking space dimensions, 10 feet wide by 16 feet deep.
- Under the Speedline, we follow the diagonal parking space lines.
- On the north side, we “square off” the diagonals.
- The Market provides space only.
- Bring your own tables and tents.
- May can be windy; tents require weights for safety.
- Plan your displays so that your products don’t fall or blow away.
Actual Forecast SAT MAY 20.
MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPS IN THE 60s. Winds light. We’re all set up for a (well-deserved) glorious day at the Market this week in Collingswood.
Site Plan for SAT MAY 20
We’ve already posted this to Facebook . Here’s your chance to see it too! 🙂
NEW Vendors
Chloe’s Creme Puffs will attend the Market for the first time this season. They’ll be bringing their signature special item as a little something different a few times this summer. Check them out.
BID Vendors
Dulce Artisanal Pastries will make its third appearance at our Market. Blue Moon Olive Oils and Vinegars will be selling for the first time, dispensing oils from their stainless steel fustis. Regular vendors Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., Charlie’s Crepes, and Sara’s Produce will round out the roster at the BID section.
Guest Vendors
- Woods Edge Wool Farms (Alpaca wool & honey)
- Chloe’s Crème Puffs—Brand New!
- Buck Wild Bison (Extended run. Returning for the season)
- Garden State Juice Company (Squeezed from our own vendors’ produce)
- John & Kira’s Chocolate
- Blue Moon Olive Oils & Vinegars (first-time sellers)
- Weckerly’s Ice Cream
- Inspired Brews Kombucha
- Constellation Collective
- Green Aisle Grocery
Official Market Bloggers
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam. Stef Perna (Treatbelly) eats rhubarb raw, which is unusual, but partners it with strawberries to make jam, which is divine.
See her post here.
http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2017/5/12/strawberry-rhubarb-jam
Featured Artist
Mermaid Metal. Steph Schultz makes handmade sterling silver and gemstone jewelry inspired by the sea.
COWRIE SHELL AND TURQUOISE RING
www.facebook.com/mermaidmetal/
Music SAT MAY 20
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. We always get two out of three when the Trio Nova Duo come to play.
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. Jim and Kathy Mannix don’t pretend to be a trio. But they do sometimes dress as Sonny and Cher. The Mannix Duo makes its debut performance at the Market this week.
Dog Tent SAT MAY 20
FRENCH BULLDOG RESCUE NETWORK
FRENCHIE KISSING. Who could resist? French Bulldog Rescue Network will bring adoptable French bulldogs to the Dog Tent this week and, for a donation, you can smooch a lovable pooch.
For the Kids
FACE PAINTING. Collingswood Odyssey of the Mind will be on the premises to sell paint faces and sell raffle tickets to fund their upcoming trip to the national competition.
For the Foodies
CHEF DEMO. Farm-to-table in minutes! The chefs of the Kitchen Kapers Cooking Classes will come to the Market, shop from our own vendors, and produce something delicious on the spot!
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
Location for New Participants
The Market is not a permanent structure with a street address. It’s a section of pavement between Haddon Avenue and the High-Speed PATCO train to Philadelphia known as the Speedline. It sets up Saturday mornings from the first of May until the Saturday before Thanksgiving, from 8am until noon, and by 2pm the only way to identify the location is by the sponsor banners flying from the utility poles.
Using Google Maps?
For mapping purposes, use 713 North Atlantic Avenue, Collingswood as an address. That’s actually the Collingswood Police Station, but it’s the closest named building.
LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS
The market is located in Collingswood’s flourishing downtown business district, situated only 10 minutes from Center City Philadelphia by car and by PATCO Hi-Speedline.
The Towers. Once you get close, the Market can be found easily by looking up—for 2 water towers. The Market occupies the parking lot near the base of the two blue water towers in the center of town.
They’ve just been repainted. So, in case the Collingswood Logo isn’t in place yet, look for something like the photos on the right.
Near Directions
- If you enter town on Haddon Avenue, turn right onto Collings Avenue at the traffic light in the middle of town, then left into the entrance to the Community Center just before you reach the Speedline.
- If you enter town on Collings Avenue, make a right turn into the entrance to the Community Center, just after coming under the Speedline.
- If you enter town on PATCO, exit the turnstiles and head left, which is west, in the direction of Philadelphia. Walk along the PATCO tracks for about a block and a half and you will see the Market.
From the Ben Franklin Bridge
You will take Admiral Wilson Blvd. (30/676) to 30/130 south (the PUB is a landmark at the ramp)
Go thru the light at the Cooper River Golf driving range, past cemetery, and keep an eye to your right for a Dunkin Donuts.
Make the right at the Dunkin Donuts corner onto Haddon Ave, BUT keep right to jughandle around UNDER 130 and up onto Haddon Ave into Collingswood. (There is a sign “Welcome to Collingswood”)
Drive through first light (Browning Rd. intersection). At second light (Collings Avenue), turn right. You’re practically there.
Turn right onto Collings Avenue and turn left into the Community Center (past the fire hall). Stay to the right and follow the traffic or park immediately.
Look up. You’ll see two blue water towers. The Market is in the same lot.
This should be about 7 minutes drive from Ben Franklin in Saturday morning traffic.
Parking
- PATCO Collingswood Station parking along Atlantic Ave. extends right up to the Irvin Avenue entrance of the Market and is ample and free.
- Free street parking along the Market section of Atlantic Avenue and neighboring streets.
- Free parking in lots just north of the Market both west and east of the Police station.
- Kiosk and meter parking along Haddon Avenue.
- Kiosk parking in the Lumberyard Garage on Collings Avenue across from the Community Center.
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
SAT MAY 13, 2017
Weather Alternative
The official forecast is too gloomy, so we do not plan to participate in the predicted storminess and rainfall. Grab an umbrella if you’re pessimistic and head on out to gather your share of the Jersey Fresh.
We Counted!
If you missed the Grand Opening last week, you could probably still claim to have been there. Who would know in a record-breaking crowd of more than 4500?
Attention, New Participants!
These instructions will help insure a smooth arrival and setup during what can be a hectic hour. We’ll offer directions and general instructions for the first three weeks of May to help orient new guest vendors and other participants.
Study your location
- Further down this post you will find the site plans for opening day SAT MAY 06.
- The first farm vendors arrive at 6am. You are welcome to arrive with them.
- Arrive no later than 7am. You need to be ready to meet the public at 8am.
- David will be on site wearing red sweatshirt and/or jacket and a Market cap.
- Find David or text him to let him know you’ve arrived.
- Text, don’t call, (856) 979-6653
If you’re on the North side of the Market (spaces 1-49)
- DO NOT drive into the Market at all.
- You’ll park briefly alongside the parking meters on the north side to unload.
Be Smart when you park.
Don’t command a parking space that shoppers can turn over a dozen times.
- David will have Vendor Parking Passes for you
- Park in the Lumberyard Garage for free
- Saving spaces for shoppers means more of them will visit your tent and table.
- Don’t be late, but text ahead if you’re going to be late.
- Text me: (856) 979-6653.
- If you must call instead of texting, please remember, when I answer, I will be busy with someone who’s on time.
- Remain patient.
Look for the chalk
- Market space numbers are marked with chalk on the pavement.
- Market spaces are parking space dimensions, 10 feet wide by 16 feet deep.
- Under the Speedline, we follow the diagonal parking space lines.
- On the north side, we “square off” the diagonals.
- The Market provides space only.
- Bring your own tables and tents.
- May can be windy; tents require weights for safety.
- Plan your displays so that your products don’t fall or blow away.
Actual Forecast SAT MAY 13.
RAIN AND WIND. Deny it we may, but a 100% chance of precipitation for the entire morning is hard to ignore. Winds pick up as the day goes on. Kindly remember our weather policy. The Market is open unless the Governor of New Jersey declares a weather state of emergency for Camden County.
Site Plan for SAT MAY 13
We’ve already posted this to Facebook . Here’s your chance to see it too! 🙂
NEW Vendors
Garden State Juice, Blueberry Fields Soap, and John & Kira’s Chocolate will attend the Market for the first time this season. They’re returning vendors from prior years, but they missed our opening day.
BID Vendors
Dulce Artisanal Pastries will make its second appearance at our Market. Regular vendors Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., Charlie’s Crepes, Blue Moon Olive Oils & Vinegars, and Sara’s Produce will round out the roster at the BID section.
Guest Vendors
- Woods Edge Wool Farms (Alpaca wool & honey)
- Chloe’s Crème Puffs—Brand New!
- Buck Wild Bison—Brand New!
- Garden State Juice Company—First time this season!
- Blueberry Fields Soap
- MECHA Artisan Chocolate
- John & Kira’s Chocolate
- Blue Moon Olive Oils & Vinegars
Official Market Bloggers
BISONS AND SIDES
- Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs) features spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, and pullet eggs in her post, but the entrée is bison from our new vendor Buck Wild Bison. See her post here.
CHOPSTICK ASPARAGUS
- Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef) came up with a new way to enjoy all this early asparagus! Mix with spinach and soba noodles, top with a fried egg! See her post here.
Featured Artist
Evelyn Taylor Designs. Featuring a wide variety of handmade decorative ceramics, Evelyn Taylor Designs specializes in unique jewelry, ornaments, pottery, and tiles created in her Collingswood studio.
http://www.facebook.com/evelyntaylordesigns
Music SAT MAY 06
DAVE KELLY MAKES STRINGED THINGS SING. Dave is back for the second week in a row at the west stage. Last year, he added the lap steel guitar to the long list of stringed things he can make sing.
EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE CARUSO since Enrico died. Sam Caruso commands the East Stage Music Tent sponsored by Collingswood Music. Stop by and make him feel less soggy.
Dog Tent SAT MAY 06
ALMOST HOME SHELTER
The wonderful people at Almost Home will staff the Dog Tent this year with information, donation collections, volunteer opportunities, adoptable animals.
Maple, adoptable 1-year-old pitbull mix
They will also operate the “Official Market Leash” program that for several seasons has eliminated the presence of troublesome misbehavers while at the same time respecting the rights of well-behaved animals and their handlers to enjoy the Market.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
Location for New Participants
The Market is not a permanent structure with a street address. It’s a section of pavement between Haddon Avenue and the High-Speed PATCO train to Philadelphia known as the Speedline. It sets up Saturday mornings from the first of May until the Saturday before Thanksgiving, from 8am until noon, and by 2pm the only way to identify the location is by the sponsor banners flying from the utility poles.
Using Google Maps?
For mapping purposes, use 713 North Atlantic Avenue, Collingswood as an address. That’s actually the Collingswood Police Station, but it’s the closest named building.
LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS
The market is located in Collingswood’s flourishing downtown business district, situated only 10 minutes from Center City Philadelphia by car and by PATCO Hi-Speedline.
The Towers. Once you get close, the Market can be found easily by looking up—for 2 water towers. The Market occupies the parking lot near the base of the two blue water towers in the center of town.
They’ve just been repainted. So, in case the Collingswood Logo isn’t in place yet, look for something like the photos on the right.
Near Directions
- If you enter town on Haddon Avenue, turn right onto Collings Avenue at the traffic light in the middle of town, then left into the entrance to the Community Center just before you reach the Speedline.
- If you enter town on Collings Avenue, make a right turn into the entrance to the Community Center, just after coming under the Speedline.
- If you enter town on PATCO, exit the turnstiles and head left, which is west, in the direction of Philadelphia. Walk along the PATCO tracks for about a block and a half and you will see the Market.
From the Ben Franklin Bridge
You will take Admiral Wilson Blvd. (30/676) to 30/130 south (the PUB is a landmark at the ramp)
Go thru the light at the Cooper River Golf driving range, past cemetery, and keep an eye to your right for a Dunkin Donuts.
Make the right at the Dunkin Donuts corner onto Haddon Ave, BUT keep right to jughandle around UNDER 130 and up onto Haddon Ave into Collingswood. (There is a sign “Welcome to Collingswood”)
Drive through first light (Browning Rd. intersection). At second light (Collings Avenue), turn right. You’re practically there.
Turn right onto Collings Avenue and turn left into the Community Center (past the fire hall). Stay to the right and follow the traffic or park immediately.
Look up. You’ll see two blue water towers. The Market is in the same lot.
This should be about 7 minutes drive from Ben Franklin in Saturday morning traffic.
Parking
- PATCO Collingswood Station parking along Atlantic Ave. extends right up to the Irvin Avenue entrance of the Market and is ample and free.
- Free street parking along the Market section of Atlantic Avenue and neighboring streets.
- Free parking in lots just north of the Market both west and east of the Police station.
- Kiosk and meter parking along Haddon Avenue.
- Kiosk parking in the Lumberyard Garage on Collings Avenue across from the Community Center.
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Opening Day SAT MAY 06, 2017
Yippee!
It can’t come soon enough for us. This 18th season of New Jersey’s Favorite Farmer’s Market has a chance to be the best ever.
Attention, New Participants!
These instructions will help insure a smooth arrival and setup during what can be a hectic hour. We’ll offer directions and general instructions for the first three weeks of May to help orient new guest vendors and other participants.
Study your location
- Further down this post you will find the site plans for opening day SAT MAY 06.
- The first farm vendors arrive at 6am. You are welcome to arrive with them.
- Arrive no later than 7am. You need to be ready to meet the public at 8am.
- David will be on site wearing red sweatshirt and/or jacket and a Market cap.
- Find David or text him to let him know you’ve arrived.
- Text, don’t call, (856) 979-6653
If you’re on the North side of the Market (spaces 1-49)
- DO NOT drive into the Market at all.
- You’ll park briefly alongside the parking meters on the north side to unload.
Be Smart when you park.
Don’t command a parking space that shoppers can turn over a dozen times.
- David will have Vendor Parking Passes for you
- Park in the Lumberyard Garage for free
- Saving spaces for shoppers means more of them will visit your tent and table.
- Don’t be late, but text ahead if you’re going to be late.
- Text me: (856) 979-6653.
- If you must call instead of texting, please remember, when I answer, I will be busy with someone who’s on time.
- Remain patient.
Look for the chalk
- Market space numbers are marked with chalk on the pavement.
- Market spaces are parking space dimensions, 10 feet wide by 16 feet deep.
- Under the Speedline, we follow the diagonal parking space lines.
- On the north side, we “square off” the diagonals.
- The Market provides space only.
- Bring your own tables and tents.
- May can be windy; tents require weights for safety.
- Plan your displays so that your products don’t fall or blow away.
Forecast SAT MAY 06.
WINDY. We’re catching a break on rain, but let’s not push it. Thunderstorms Friday evening could make the pavement wet, complicating the “chalking” to mark your spaces. More important are the forecast winds for Saturday. 12 MPH at a minimum means tents can fly. Don’t shrug these off; they can be very dangerous. Bring tent weights as always.
Site Plan for SAT MAY 06
We’ve already posted this to Facebook where it has reached over 4,000 viewers. Here’s your chance to see it too! 🙂
NEW Vendors
BUCK WILD BISON
will bring choice cuts of the red meat preferred by customers who appreciate the strict requirements under which bison are raised. Local bison is exceedingly rare, and Shane Robbins is proud to bring the meat he’s raised since the animals were calved.
INSPIRED BREWS KOMBUCHA
comes to us from the highly-respected fermenteria in Olde City Philadelphia. You may have sampled their brews on tap at Whole Foods. This is your chance to stock up on bottled brews on Saturdays.
BID Vendors
Dulce Artisanal Pastries of Collingswood will fill the space historically occupied by perennial favorite DiBartolo Bakery. Dulce will find instant acceptance with their crusty baguettes, buttery croissants, and other familiar local favorites.
Market regulars Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., Charlie’s Crepes, and Sara’s Produce will round out the roster at the BID section.
Official Market Bloggers
BREAKFAST FOR DINNER
Our blogger Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs) has a knack for making the familiar seem fresh and new. This week, she turns the tables on breakfast, featuring blueberry pancakes (she’s enjoyed them all: from AT Buzby, Flaim Farm, Formisano Farms, Fruitwood Farms, Hymer Farms, Wm. Schober & Sons, Springdale Farms, Viereck Farms, and Green-Ford Blueberry Farm), no-nitrate bacon from Hillacres Pride, and “little girl eggs” from DanLynn Organic. Suggested wardrobe: your PJs.
FRESHEST POSSIBLE KOMBUCHA
Meanwhile, Patricia DiJulio (SouthJerseyGirlsGrub) visited the auspicious Olde City fermenteria of brand new Guest Vendor Inspired Brews Kombucha. She knows her way around the gut health favorites, having made her own sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, and sourdough starters, but when she tasted what the “amazing women” at Inspired Brews were offering, she was “hooked at the very first sip.” Come try them for yourself.
Featured Artist
We’re pleased to feature Monique Platt DuTill & Daughters Pottery at the Market for the first week of the new season. Monique offers handmade ceramics for the home and garden.
For espresso, tea demitasse, punch? Classy either way.
http://www.dutillanddaughters.com/
http://www.facebook.com/dutillanddaughters
Music SAT MAY 06
DAVE KELLY MAKES STRINGED THINGS SING. Dave will kick off the new season at the East stage Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music. Last year, he added the lap steel guitar to the long list of stringed things he can make sing.
EVERYBODY’S SECOND-FAVORITE Market performer JOHN ROSSI (Sorry, John, I couldn’t resist.) commands the West stage, which doesn’t have a tent or a sponsor, but DOES HAVE a new PA system so performers don’t have to haul their own amplification. We love John (who doesn’t?). Stop by and make him feel welcome.
Dog Tent SAT MAY 06
NJ Aid for Animals
The wonderful people at NJ Aid for Animals sponsor our Dog Tent and for the last few years have kicked off our new season by staffing the tent with information, donation collections, volunteer opportunities, adoptable animals.
Luna, currently in heat
They will also operate the “Official Market Leash” program that for several seasons has eliminated the presence of troublesome misbehavers while at the same time respecting the rights of well-behaved animals and their handlers to enjoy the Market.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
Location for New Participants
The Market is not a permanent structure with a street address. It’s a section of pavement between Haddon Avenue and the High-Speed PATCO train to Philadelphia known as the Speedline. It sets up Saturday mornings from the first of May until the Saturday before Thanksgiving, from 8am until noon, and by 2pm the only way to identify the location is by the sponsor banners flying from the utility poles.
Using Google Maps?
For mapping purposes, use 713 North Atlantic Avenue, Collingswood as an address. That’s actually the Collingswood Police Station, but it’s the closest named building.
LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS
The market is located in Collingswood’s flourishing downtown business district, situated only 10 minutes from Center City Philadelphia by car and by PATCO Hi-Speedline.
The Towers. Once you get close, the Market can be found easily by looking up—for 2 water towers. The Market occupies the parking lot near the base of the two blue water towers in the center of town.
They’ve just been repainted. So, in case the Collingswood Logo isn’t in place yet, look for something like the photos on the right.
Near Directions
- If you enter town on Haddon Avenue, turn right onto Collings Avenue at the traffic light in the middle of town, then left into the entrance to the Community Center just before you reach the Speedline.
- If you enter town on Collings Avenue, make a right turn into the entrance to the Community Center, just after coming under the Speedline.
- If you enter town on PATCO, exit the turnstiles and head left, which is west, in the direction of Philadelphia. Walk along the PATCO tracks for about a block and a half and you will see the Market.
From the Ben Franklin Bridge
You will take Admiral Wilson Blvd. (30/676) to 30/130 south (the PUB is a landmark at the ramp)
Go thru the light at the Cooper River Golf driving range, past cemetery, and keep an eye to your right for a Dunkin Donuts.
Make the right at the Dunkin Donuts corner onto Haddon Ave, BUT keep right to jughandle around UNDER 130 and up onto Haddon Ave into Collingswood. (There is a sign “Welcome to Collingswood”)
Drive through first light (Browning Rd. intersection). At second light (Collings Avenue), turn right. You’re practically there.
Turn right onto Collings Avenue and turn left into the Community Center (past the fire hall). Stay to the right and follow the traffic or park immediately.
Look up. You’ll see two blue water towers. The Market is in the same lot.
This should be about 7 minutes drive from Ben Franklin in Saturday morning traffic.
Parking
- PATCO Collingswood Station parking along Atlantic Ave. extends right up to the Irvin Avenue entrance of the Market and is ample and free.
- Free street parking along the Market section of Atlantic Avenue and neighboring streets.
- Free parking in lots just north of the Market both west and east of the Police station.
- Kiosk and meter parking along Haddon Avenue.
- Kiosk parking in the Lumberyard Garage on Collings Avenue across from the Community Center.
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Farm Marketeer 
