Collingswood SAT AUG 26
Best Day Yet!
Apparently all we have to do to get good weather this season is send Dave to Italy. Forecasts 6 days ahead aren’t worth a whole lot, but Weather.com has THIS to say about what to look forward to on SAT AUG 26.
From the 10-day forecast for SAT AUG 26
Full Sun. No Rain. Light Breezes. Low Humidity. High of 81 degrees. Absolute perfection.
Site Plan for SAT AUG 26
We’re back in our usual spaces this week after an odd Craft and Fine Arts Fair layout. Treehouse Cafe is back at the west end of the Market. Both Big Shrimp and Neil’s Sharpening Service will have to make do with a crowded Guest Vendor area at the east end, where Nature’s Own Farm and Our Yards farm will also be back, and all sharing space with the wonderful goats of Knowhere Farm in their petting area. Lots of goodness but no extra space.
BID Vendors SAT AUG 26
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced.
Shoppers may not know that the special arrangement with Sara’s Produce is that they may sell “exotic” produce, but are prohibited from selling anything that grows in New Jersey.
CROISSANTS FROM DULCE ARTISANAL BAKERY
This week: Dulce Artisanal Pastry, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., Charlie’s Crepes, and Sara’s Produce. For one week, Inspired Brews Kombucha will join the BID area as well.
Vendor Collaboration
SHRIMP ETOUFFEE CREPES. You may know Charles and Lisa Ciaccarelli Koory (Charley’s Crepes) are fully committed to incorporating fresh local ingredients from our very own vendors into the fillings for their fabulous crepes. He uses Davidson’s Mushrooms, Schober’s Peaches, and Bison from Buck Wild Bison, among others. This week, Charlie is buying fresh-never-frozen locally-farmed shrimp from The Big Shrimp Company (at the east end of the Market this week) to add a Shrimp Etouffee Crepe to his menu. Lines will be long. Don’t miss out!
CHARLEY AND LISA
Guest Vendors SAT AUG 26
We’re back to full size after losing our Irvin Avenue spaces for the Craft Fair last week. We’re taking full advantage of the “added” spaces by inviting a full roster of outstanding Guest Vendors including Shrimp, Sharpening, Chocolate, Juice, Croissants, Kombucha, Ice Cream, Crepes, and Goats!
- MECHA Artisan Chocolates
- —Thank you, MECHA, for bringing the good stuff every SAT this month.
- Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Always fresh, with fun flavors on tap! Bring a growler. - Knowhere Farm Goats Milk Soap (and Goats!)
—Knowhere Farm is back in the Guest Vendor area with their adorable goats in a petting area, along with their honest and pure goats milk soap.
- Weckerly’s Ice Cream
—Local fruits, herbs, and organic milk/cream. Does ice cream get any better than this? - Green Aisle Grocery
—Always something new, usually from ingredients you never thought to combine. - Constellation Collective
—Scones and doughnuts anyone? A fresh frittata perhaps? - Garden State Juice
—This will be the last appearance at the Market for our favorite “Juice Girls” this season. Be sure to stock up and tell them how much you appreciate the value they’ve been adding to the produce from our very own vendors. - Neil’s Sharpening Service
—Bring out your knives and anything else that’s gotten dull. Neil wants us all to know he offers a “Self Service” sharpening option. The Sharpening is free, but bandages are $100 each.
Official Market Bloggers
Christine Clarke (The Coveted Kitchen)
Zucchini Curry
ZUCCHINI CURRY
Christine Clarke (The Coveted Kitchen). Quote from Christine: “Zucchini noodles (aka “zoodles”) are probably one of my favorite light summer dinners. They are so versatile, healthy, and low-carb. They are great tossed with marinara or pesto instead of traditional pasta, or you can make more of a cold salad dish with them and a roasted red pepper vinaigrette. My 2 zucchini plants from Springdale Farms are absolutely killing it right now.” Find out how to incorporate your own zucchini abundance in this recipe.
http://thecovetedkitchen.com/curry-peanut-zoodles-tofu-bok-choy/
Featured Artist SAT AUG 26
Lorraine Delphey
L’originals
FEATURED ARTIST. Lorraine Delphey is our Artist of the Week. Her Fabric Creations include rustic cotton rope baskets (original designs), rope hot pads, hand-knitted cotton dishcloths, and fleece neck pillows.
For the Dog Lovers
The Animal Adoption Center
The Animal Adoption Center in the Dog Tent. This week our good friends from The Animal Adoption Center (organized out of Lindenwold) will staff the Dog Tent and distribute Official Market Leashes along with the Dog Behavior Guidelines, excellent advice about pet health and safety, and opportunities to volunteer or to apply to foster/adopt a new forever animal of your own. Stop by to pet or be petted.
http://www.aacnj.org/adoptable-dogs/
Music SAT AUG 26
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. We’ve got music from She Hates Me! this week, which means newly-elected member of the Camden County Democratic Committee Shannon McGill Vasile will be singing pretty with Kevin Sullivan, who is better at crashing parties than joining them.
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. You know how sometimes a genuinely nice guy is also blessed with talent and makes everybody feel wonderful? John Rossi is one of those guys. Come out and meet him. He’s bringing his guitar.
JOHN ROSSI
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!
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
Collingswood SAT AUG 19
No Eclipse on Saturday!
There are zeroes where we want them on the forecast this week: ZERO chance of rain at noon. ZERO clouds at the end of the Market day. Friday’s thunderstorms are forecast to have rolled on through by morning, and the eclipse won’t arrive until Monday, so the prospect for Saturday morning is full SUN!
Official Forecast SAT AUG 19
Site Plan for SAT AUG 19
The layout is a little odd this week. Because Haddon Avenue will be closed Saturday and Sunday for the Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, the Borough needs to route vehicle traffic along Irvin Avenue (at the Perkins Art Center end of the Market). Those traffic lanes cost us our usual Guest Vendor area, so we have to “suck it in” a bit. We’ll relocate some vendors to the “Treehouse spaces.” Others will find their spots in unexpected places.
BID Vendors SAT AUG 19
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced.
Shoppers may not know that the special arrangement with Sara’s Produce is that they may sell “exotic” produce, but are prohibited from selling anything that grows in New Jersey.
CROISSANTS FROM DULCE ARTISANAL BAKERY
This week: Dulce Artisanal Pastry, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., Charlie’s Crepes, and Sara’s Produce. For one week, Barn and Stone House Soap will join the BID area as well.
Guest Vendors SAT AUG 19
Space is tight for Guest Vendors this week. We lose our spaces on Irvin Avenue to accommodate the town-wide Haddon Avenue Fine Arts and Craft Festival.
BARN AND STONE HOUSE SOAP
- MECHA Artisan Chocolates
- —Thank you, MECHA, for bringing the good stuff every SAT this month.
- Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Always fresh, with fun flavors on tap! Bring a growler. - Barn and Stone House Soap
—One of just a few times this season you can choose your favorite of Karen and Rex Bockius’s beautiful soaps.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Three Shrimp Recipes
SAUTEED SHRIMP
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). This week, Susan patronized our new seafood vendor, The Big Shrimp Company, along with her daughters. Each bought shrimp, and all contributed recipes to Susan’s blog post. None will take more than a few minutes to produce and all three respect the unadorned essence of the Jersey Fresh product. Follow the link to Susan’s blog for the recipes, then follow her to The Big Shrimp Company at the end of the Market and get in line. https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/shrimp-three-ways/
Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef)
Annual Peach Pie Baking Contest
PEACH PIE DETAIL
Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). As she did for the Annual Salsa Contest in July, this month (it’s official Peach Month!) Denine attended, sampled, judged, photographed, analyzed, critiqued, enjoyed, and praised the peach pies in our Annual Peach Pie Baking Contest, SAT AUG 05. Follow the link to her blog for all the details, the names of the winners, and her glorious photos of the mouth-watering entries. http://www.thebicycle-chef.com/2017/08/15th-annual-peach-pie-contest-2017-at.html
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Cherry Tomato Sauce
FRIED RED TOMATOES
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Fried red tomatoes. Because green tomatoes doesn’t seem right. The simple recipe is as good as the tomatoes. Susan shops democratically and makes her recommendations with unanimity. She spreads the love to: Our Yards Farm, Springdale Farm, Flaim Farm, Hymer Farm, DanLynn Organic, Viereck Farm, Formisano Farm, Savoie Organic, and Fruitwood Farm. Shop where you like, then get the recipe at Susan’s blog here.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2017/08/04/fried-red-tomatoes/
Featured Artist SAT AUG 19
Creatively Obsessed
Selena Braunstein
CREATIVELY OBSESSED
FEATURED ARTIST. Selena Braunstein is our Artist of the Week. She calls her company Creatively Obsessed, and a quick visit to her table will demonstrate why. She makes handcrafted jewelry from vintage books and buttons. This is your chance to do more than adorn yourself. You can own and display on your person a piece of Wearable History.
www.etsy.com/shop/creativelyobsessed
For the Dog Lovers
4PawsNJ
SAMMY THE ADOPTABLE COONHOUND
4PAWSNJ in the Dog Tent. This week our good friends from 4Paws will staff the Dog Tent and distribute Official Market Leashes along with the Dog Behavior Guidelines, excellent advice about pet health and safety, and opportunities to volunteer or to apply to foster/adopt a new forever animal of your own. Stop by to pet or be petted.
http://4pawsdogrescue.org/our-adoptable-dogs/
Music SAT AUG 19
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. This week’s email blast promised you’d hear the Unstoppable Hackbeats, but they’ve been unexpectedly compelled to cancel. Lucky for you and the Market, we have a deep roster of exceptional talent including the Incomparable Dave Kelly who will make stringed things sing beneath the Music Tent at the east end of the Market this week.
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. Brooke DiCaro is an undeniable talent. We’re excited to present her for her debut Market appearance this week. Rich vocals. Soulful renditions. Fearless compositions. And she plays piano. Come welcome Brooke for her first of what we hope will be many Market appearances.
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!
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
Collingswood SAT AUG 12
Cloudy and Cool.
As forecasts go (especially this summer!) this week’s is not too bad. The Market-hour conditions are mostly cloudy with temps in the 70s and there’s little chance of rain during the Market. Conditions will be humid but likely dry. Possibility of storms near or at closing.
Official Forecast SAT AUG 12
Site Plan for SAT AUG 12
As we have for a couple of seasons now, we’re taking advantage this week of the Treehouse Cafe’s annual August vacation to host 6 local animal rescues and shelters for the Annual Animal Adoptathon. They’ve taken over a bit of the BID area, bouncing Charlie’s Crepes to an open space usually occupied by Hillacres Pride. We’ll set up some chairs there to accommodate crepe and coffee customers.
NEW VENDOR: The Big Shrimp Company
FARM RAISED SHRIMP. Here’s a riddle. How are shrimp that are grown live in Pennsauken raised “in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean”?
ANSWER: The Big Shrimp Company brings ocean water to Camden County from Barnegat NJ in tanker trucks, then filters, heats, and hydrates it, and pumps it through their 75,000 gallon storage/growth tanks, constantly circulating it for additional filtration, and grows these Pacific White Shrimp with no chemicals, no antibiotics. Get yourself a taste this week. They’ve signed on for the rest of the season.
BID Vendors SAT AUG 12
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced. Villa Barone and Blue Moon Olive Oils feature olives and oils, for example.
This week, we’ll host Dulce Artisanal Pastry, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc, and Sara’s Produce. Charlie’s Crepes has moved for this week to a space inside the Market.
Cheese Etc. —Celebrating peach month with our Spiked Peaches & Cream! Made with a handmade ‘jersey fresh’ peach compote. (Thanks to Schober Farms!!) And then spiked with some amaretto! Almost gone for the season, so don’t miss out!!
DEFINITELY NOT JERSEY FRESH — BID VENDOR SARA’S PRODUCE
Guest Vendors SAT AUG 12
MECHA CHOCOLATES: BUTTER PECAN TOFFEE
- MECHA Artisan Chocolates
—Thank you, MECHA, for bringing the good stuff every SAT this month.
- Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Always fresh, with fun flavors on tap! Bring a growler. - Garden State Juice
—Your favorite juicers, who always make such wonderful concoctions from our own vendors’ produce. - Amber Grain Bakery
—Now a regular vendor, still selling out early every week. - Blueberry Fields Soap
—One of just a few times this season you can choose your favorite of Carol Steinhauser’s handmade soaps. - Weckerly’s Ice Cream
—The most popular question at the Volunteer table is, “When will Weckerly’s Ice Cream be back?” - Green Aisle Grocery
—Bringing NJ Marinara, Summer Gazpacho Bloody Mary mix, Salted Honey Peach preserves, Five-Spice Beets pickles, Garlic Serrano hot sauce, +MORE! - Flour+Oats Artisan Cookies
—Heads-up to every lucky customer who tried these awesome individually-wrapped cookies last time!
FLOUR+OATS ARTISAN COOKIES
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Cherry Tomato Sauce
SUPER EASY CHERRY TOMATO SAUCE
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Fans of Susan’s blog know she’s an expert at turning her Jersey Fresh purchases into simple and delicious dishes that please adults and kids without unduly pressuring the cook. This week she shopped cherry tomatoes of all sizes and colors from the bounty available at Springdale, AT Buzby, and Viereck Farms, collected a batch from Our Yards Farm, and turned them into a super easy pasta sauce in less than 30 minutes. See the easy instructions and more beautiful photos at Susan’s blog here.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/super-easy-tiny-tomato-sauce/
Stef Perna (treatbelly)
Tomatoes Three Ways
TOMATOES THREE WAYS: MACERATED/JAM/RUSTIC ROASTED
Stef Perna (treatbelly). As a public service, Stef Perna bought ten pounds of tomatoes last week at the Collingswood Farmers’ Market. From the bounty available, she selected Green Zebras and Cherries from Viereck Farms, Saladettes and Cherries from Savoie Organic Farm, and Ceylons and San Marzanos from DanLynn Organic. In a trio of classic tomato preparations, she macerated them, roasted them, and turned them into jam. See all three of these timely tomato recipes and Stef’s always-beautiful photos at her blog here.
http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2017/7/30/summer-tomatoes
Featured Artist SAT AUG 12
Farmhouse Art Studio
Jill Hawes
MAKE YOUR OWN TIE-DYED BANDANA
FARMHOUSE ART STUDIO. Jill Hawes creates custom wearable art that will change the way you think about tie dye! As this week’s Featured Artist, Jill will be presenting for sale her creatively unique garments made with love. See Jill’s work here.
MAKE YOUR OWN DOG BANDANA. As a contribution to our annual ADOPTATHON, Jill will also provide instructions and materials so you can make your own tie-dye dog bandana at the Market in return for a contribution to our Animal welfare agencies.
www.farmhouseartstudio.com
Music SAT AUG 12
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. There’s no telling whether Kevin Monko will appear solo (unlikely), or whether he’ll invite one or more of the members of Candy Volcano to play along. Either way, it’ll be a treat. (Kevin is a late replacement for Dave Kelly, who will make a quick trip home to Oklahoma this week.)
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. Marc Sengin is very much a solo act, but with his new harmonizer he sounds like a trio. You’ll think you’re listening to Peter, Paul, and Mary (or Crosby, Stills, and Nash). Bring a tambourine and play along.
For Animal Lovers
The Annual August ADOPT-A-THON is your chance every year to meet with volunteers (and adoptable animals!) from several area animal shelters and rescues. There will be animals to meet and pet, lots of chances to start an adoption application, wonderful advice and invitations for low-cost services. You won’t have a better opportunity to save a life and make a friend this Saturday.
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!
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
Collingswood SAT AUG 05
Arrive to wet pavement.
As forecasts go (especially this summer!) this week’s is not too bad. The Market-hour conditions are mostly cloudy with temps in the 70s, but the likelihood of rain overnight is pretty significant. That means the chalk will wash away before you arrive, so look for the green paint markings on the pavement and KNOW YOUR LOCATION NUMBER (or letter) when you arrive, please. Text me (856) 979-6653 if you need help.
Official Forecast SAT AUG 05
Site Plan for SAT AUG 05
I’m starting to think we’ll be “full to capacity” every week from now to the end of the season. We certainly are this week. Sikking Flowers and Cheese Etc are back after each missing just one week. Schober is at full size, and the BID section is packed. MECHA’s Chocolate has committed to the full month of August, and we have a new vendor bringing us farm-raised shrimp. See the story below.
Peach Pie Baking Contest
AN AWARD-WINNING 2016 PIE
It’s that time again. This SAT AUG 05 we kick off Peach Month (it’s every August for you initiates) with our annual celebration of Jersey’s Golden Peachy Goodness baked into a pie. The competition is fierce (but friendly), the pies are spectacular to look at and wonderful to judge (too late; we have our judges), and the prizes are Market certificates redeemable at any of our vendors. Advance Registration is required, and time is running out. Follow the link RIGHT NOW and secure your slot. Registration will take just a couple of minutes.
http://www.collsfofm.org/peach-pie-contest/
NEW VENDOR: The Big Shrimp Company
FARM RAISED SHRIMP. Here’s a riddle. How are shrimp that are grown live in Pennsauken raised “in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean”?
ANSWER: The Big Shrimp Company brings ocean water to Camden County from Barnegat NJ in tanker trucks, then filters, heats, and hydrates it, and pumps it through their 75,000 gallon storage/growth tanks, constantly circulating it for additional filtration, and grows these Pacific White Shrimp with no chemicals, no antibiotics. Get yourself a taste this week. They’ve signed on for the rest of the season.
BID Vendors SAT AUG 05
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced. Villa Barone and Blue Moon Olive Oils feature olives and oils, for example.
This week, we’ll host Dulce Artisanal Pastry, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc, and Sara’s Produce. Charlie’s Crepes has a BID space too, but he relies heavily on local produce.
Inspired Brews Kombucha will find its place in the BID section this week too.
DEFINITELY NOT JERSEY FRESH — BID VENDOR SARA’S PRODUCE
Guest Vendors SAT AUG 05
MECHA CHOCOLATES: BUTTER PECAN TOFFEE
- MECHA Artisan Chocolates
—Chocolate at an outdoor Market in August is very rare, so thank you to MECHA for committing to bringing the good stuff every SAT this month. - Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Always fresh, with fun flavors on tap! Bring a growler.
- Garden State Juice
—Your favorite juicers, who always make such wonderful concoctions from our own vendors’ produce, are back this week, SAT AUG 05 with special flavors old and new. - Amber Grain Bakery
—Now a regular vendor, still selling out early every week.
- Woods Edge Wool Farm
—This is the only farm we know where you can get alpaca woolens, yak steaks, dryer lint balls, beeswax candles, and fresh local honey all from one table. - Our Souls Shine Applesauce
—Organic apples and kale from the garden combine with good vibes and a bucket of sunshine to produce a sublime product wonderful for kids and enlightened adults. - Constellation Collective
—COLD BREW! Not only will the CoCo girls be back this week for the second week in a row, they’ll be drawing fresh Cold Brewed Coffee for the Revolution Roaster boys, who are unavoidably OFF for this one week.
CONSTELLATION COLLECTIVE: TOMATO CHEDDAR SCONES
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Parsleyed Potatoes
SUSAN MAUER LYNCH: PARSLEYED POTATOES
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Simple is the word this week. Or rather, simple, fresh and local are the words. Susan chose her potatoes from Savoie Organic and paired them with carrots from Our Yards Farm (after also shopping both at Flaim, Formisano, and DanLynn Farms). For good measure, some yellow beans from Viereck Farm (also available at Springdale and Savoie), butter from Hillacres Pride, and parsley from Our Yards. Prep is easy, seasoning is simple, results are delicious. See the easy instructions and more beautiful photos at Susan’s blog here.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/parsleyed-potatoes/
Featured Artist SAT AUG 05
Relics Revisited
Aimee Eckert
Relics Revisited. There would be no Featured Artist program without our own Aimee Eckert, who conceived the idea, juries the artists, and books the schedule. This week she gets to feature her own work. “My jewelry collection is constructed from original photographs, vintage bits, metal, clothing and various found and reclaimed odds and ends. I give found items new life,” she says. Come see. Or visit her etsy shop for a preview, then come collect what you’ve selected.
Music SAT AUG 05
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. You know how sometimes a genuinely nice guy is also blessed with talent and makes everybody feel wonderful? John Rossi is one of those guys. Come out and meet him. He’s bringing his guitar.
JOHN ROSSI
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. Their friends know them as Eric, Chris, and Rob, but at the Market we call them The Wayside Shakeup. You’ll call them talented, lively, and fun.
THE WAYSIDE SHAKEUP
For Animal Lovers
DOG TENT. Lilo’s Promise is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit animal welfare organization (like all the shelters and rescues that help us staff the Dog Tent). As such, they rely on donations to provide the care and medical treatment for the beautiful pit bulls they rescue. Of course, cash is great, and fully tax deductible, but if you really want to do something special to help, follow this link to their Amazon Wish List and send some indispensable supplies. See the Lilo team and an adorable adoptable or two at the Dog Tent this week.
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!
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 