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Collingswood SAT JUN 06
Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Goodbye, strawberries; hello, early tomatoes?
Weather Forecast
Looks like a beauty. Weather will be humid overnight Friday, but very little chance of rain Saturday, with temperatures in the comfortable 70s, and cloud cover. Winds will be light. 
Site Plan for SAT JUN 06
Inquirer Story
Today’s (THU JUN 04) Philadelphia Inquirer ran a long story about Farmers’ Market prices in its Food and Dining section. By and large, the author went to pains to justify what some shoppers perceive as high produce prices at Markets. You may or may not be able to read the story at this link: Press Reader. I paid 99 cents for access to the article; I have no idea whether it will open for you. Part of it looks like this (including a dandy photo of our own Barry Savoie). 
Guest Vendors
Three Guests, Green Aisle Grocery, Wood Spoon Rice Pudding, and Weckerly’s Ice Cream will take spots inside the Market. MECHA Chocolates and Dee Dee’s Garden will set up shop beneath the Speedline. We’ll also be visited by Mascots representing the Camden County “Shop Local” program.
Guest Artist
Aimee Eckert curates our Artist of the Week program and selects participants for the Handmade Holidays observance. She’s also an exemplary jeweler in her own right, and we’re delighted to host her as our Guest Artist this week in space 27. Aimee’s jewelry collection, sold under the name “Relics Revisited,” is constructed from original photographs, vintage bits, metal, clothing and various found and reclaimed odds and ends. She takes the original found item and alters it to give it a new life. Her collection is a careful mix of collage art and metalwork using a variety of ideas that make each piece one of a kind. 
Live Music
John Rossi plays the West Stage, and Dave Kelly will command the new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.
Dog Tent
The Animal Adoption Center will staff the new Dog Tent for us this week, continuing to register dogs that haven’t yet bought their official Market Leash Permits.
Vendor Enforcement “No Permit, No Purchase”
This won’t be easy, but it’s necessary. If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning this first Saturday in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines. David Hodges will distribute a small batch of Dog Behavior Guidelines to all vendors for distribution to anyone who appears at your table attempting to make purchases with a non-permitted dog. 
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will all attend. We’ll also host representatives from Collingswood Music and the new Aster’s Flowers. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.
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 Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653 collsmkt@davidhodges.com
Collingswood SAT MAY 30
Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! We’re back in our usual (and preferred) places this week.
Weather Forecast
Looks like a beauty. The forecast is excellent.
Site Plan for SAT MAY 30
Guest Vendors
Two Guests, Market Day Canele, and Weckerly’s Ice Cream will take spots inside the Market. John & Kira’s Chocolates, Dee Dee’s Garden, Neil’s Sharpening Service, and the brand new O Made Granola will take spaces in the Guest Vendor area.
Guest Artist
Market favorite Tammy Riley (Ginkgo Girls) is our Artist of the Week for SAT MAY 30.
She’ll bring her trademark felted wool goodies, including the new Farmer’s Market Friends—fruits and veggies inspired by the Collingswood Farmer’s Market offerings! There will also be plenty of wine bags, Hedgies, and new toys including Bigfoot, Yeti, Nessie and Cthulhu. Visit her Etsy page for a sneak peek: https://www.etsy.com/shop/iFeltFanciful?ref=hdr_shop_menu
Live Music
Sam Caruso plays the West Stage, and She Hates Me will command the new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.
Dog Tent
New Jersey Aid for Animals will staff the new Dog Tent for us this week, continuing our rollout of the Dog Behavior Policy.
Every dog in the Market will be required to register and agree to comply with the Behavior Guidelines. Registered dogs will use the hot yellow 4-foot Market Permit Leash, making them easily identifiable. Dogs that misbehave will surrender their leashes.
OUR PART
David Hodges and the Collingswood Special Police will enforce the Guidelines, lightly at first, but increasingly strenuously throughout the month of May. By the first Saturday in June, we hope all dogs in the Market will be registered.
YOUR PART
If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines.
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will all attend. We’ll also host representatives from Collingswood Music. Meredith Greimel (Beaucycled) will bring her cactus and succulent displays.
Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.
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
Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653
collsmkt@davidhodges.com
Collingswood Mayfair SAT MAY 23
Hello, Vendors and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market!
Week 4 of our 2015 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. 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 no room for Guest Vendors this week. We have however made space for one Market Sponsor: Healing Space. Stop by for a relaxing chair massage when the stress of the day gets to be too much. 🙂
BID VENDORS
Mike DiBartolo will attend with his groaning tables of baked goods. Villa Barone will set up a table too. Sara’s Produce will join them both near the intersection of Haddon Avenue. They will be the only representatives of our BID contingent this week. As always, Mike DiBartolo, not David Hodges, is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424. mikied721@gmail.com.
VEGGIE VALET / NONPROFIT FUNDRAISER
There will be no Veggie Valet or dedicated Nonprofits spaces (and no Dog Tent) this week. All will return SAT MAY 30.
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 6am until 8am to facilitate the load-in, after which I will depart to visit the Burlington County Farmers’ Market in Moorestown. (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.
David Hodges
Market Director
Collingswood Farmers’ Market
856 854-8385 Home Office
856 979-6653 Cell Phone on Market Day
Collingswood SAT MAY 16
SAT MAY 16
Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Our season is off to a wonderful start. This week we may have our first weather challenge.
Weather Forecast
Starts out scary. The forecast is for rain overnight Friday into Saturday. It could be a wet setup, but is expected to clear as the Market day continues. Will be humid though, even when it’s dry. (OR . . . the whole thing could miss us completely. :))
Site Plan for SAT MAY 16
Guest Vendors
Two Guests, Green Aisle Grocery, Market Day Canele, and Constellation Collective will take spots inside the Market. SOOM Foods and Weckerly’s Ice Cream will take familiar spaces in the Guest Vendor area. And Windy Farm will be bringing their live alpacas.
Guest Artist
Jill Hawes is our Artist of the Week for SAT MAY 16. Jill creates custom wearable art that will change the way you think about tie dye! Each piece is creatively unique and made with love. Check out her facebook page, and then come see her stuff in person, in Space 27.
Link to Jill Hawes’s facebook page
Live Music
John Rossi plays the West Stage, and Dave Kelly will be the second music act to grace our new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.
Buy 2, Give 1
Lourdes Health Center and the Oaklyn Food Pantry will team up again this week to collect food donations for our food-insecure neighbors in nearby towns. Please consider buying a little extra to donate to the cause.
Dog Behavior Policy
Starting Opening Day, we will roll out a Dog Behavior and Permitting program designed to encourage good pet and owner behavior and eliminate troublesome animals. Every dog in the Market will be required to register and agree to comply with the Behavior Guidelines. Registered dogs will use the hot yellow 4-foot Market Permit Leash, making them easily identifiable. Dogs that misbehave will surrender their leashes.
SAT MAY 16, Camden County Animal Shelter will staff our Dog Tent.
OUR PART
David Hodges and the Collingswood Special Police will enforce the Guidelines, lightly at first, but increasingly strenuously throughout the month of May. By the first Saturday in June, we hope all dogs in the Market will be registered.
YOUR PART
If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines.
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, and Sara’s Produce will all attend. We’ll also host representatives from Collingswood Music and Red Dog Glass Designs. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.
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
Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653
collsmkt@davidhodges.com
Collingswood SAT MAY 09
SAT MAY 09
Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Last week was our best-attended Grand Opening ever. Looks as if we have another beautiful day ahead of us for Week 2.
Weather Forecast
Cloudy but seasonably warm, temperature rising to the mid 70s by noon. Very light winds.
Site Plan for SAT MAY 09
Guest Vendors
Two Guests, MECHA Chocolates and Wood Spoon Rice Pudding will take spots inside the Market. John and Kira’s Chocolate will shelter in the space below the PATCO Speedline.
Guest Artist
Anita DiPietro is our Featured Artist of the Week. Anita creates mixed metal, gemstone, and fossil artisan jewelry. Here’s her latest work.
Live Music
Trio Nova Duo plays the West Stage, and Sam Caruso will be the first music act in our new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.
Pottery Seconds at Perkins
Sometimes you have to wait all summer for this! SAT MAY 09, Perkins will set up on the brick apron in front of their building to sell pottery its artists consider not quite perfect. Prices are wonderful.
Dog Behavior Policy
Starting Opening Day, we will roll out a Dog Behavior and Permitting program designed to encourage good pet and owner behavior and eliminate troublesome animals. Every dog in the Market will be required to register and agree to comply with the Behavior Guidelines. Registered dogs will use the hot yellow 4-foot Market Permit Leash, making them easily identifiable. Dogs that misbehave will surrender their leashes.
SAT MAY 09, Almost Home Shelter will staff our Dog Tent.
OUR PART
David Hodges and the Collingswood Special Police will enforce the Guidelines, lightly at first, but increasingly strenuously throughout the month of May. By the first Saturday in June, we hope all dogs in the Market will be registered.
YOUR PART
If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines.
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, and Sara’s Produce will all attend. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.
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
Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653
collsmkt@davidhodges.com
Collingswood SAT MAY 02
Collingswood 2015 Grand Opening
SAT MAY 02
Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Welcome to another wonderful season of the Market! Our 16th, and better than ever.
Weather Forecast
Cool and mostly sunny, temperature rising to the upper 60s by noon. Very light winds. 
Site Plan for SAT MAY 02
Dog Behavior Policy
Starting Opening Day, we will roll out a Dog Behavior and Permitting program designed to encourage good pet and owner behavior and eliminate troublesome animals. Every dog in the Market will be required to register and agree to comply with the Behavior Guidelines. Registered dogs will use the hot yellow 4-foot Market Permit Leash, making them easily identifiable. Dogs that misbehave will surrender their leashes. OUR PART David Hodges and the Collingswood Special Police will enforce the Guidelines, lightly at first, but increasingly strenuously throughout the month of May. By the first Saturday in June, we hope all dogs in the Market will be registered. YOUR PART If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines.
Guest Vendors
Two Guests, Green Aisle Grocery and Market Day Canele will take spots inside the Market. Weckerly’s Ice Cream, SOOM Foods Tahini, and Dee Dee’s Garden Pesto will take familiar spaces in the Guest Vendor area.
Guest Artist
Maria Aschim (Sultana Maria) is our Featured Artist of the Week.
Maria makes flower crowns, handmade jewelry with stones and found objects, collaged windows. Here’s a picture of her market setup at the Clover Market in Bryn Mawr.
Live Music
Dave Kelly plays the West Stage, and Trio Nova Duo the East.
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, Cheese Etc., Sweet Freedom Bakery, and Sara’s Produce will all attend. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text. 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 Collingswood Farmers’ Market [856 854-8385 Home Office] [856 979-6653 Cell Phone on Market Day for voice or text]
Collingswood Dog Permit Program
This work in progress will be reviewed by the Market Director, by the Borough of Collingswood, and by the shelters and animal welfare agencies that support and implement the program. As of SAT APR 11, this is the current version of the 2-sided flier that will be distributed to shoppers as they enter the Market with dogs.
Collingswood SAT NOV 22 (Last Market 2014!)
Collingswood Site Details SAT NOV 22
Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market!
SUNNY BUT COLD. . . LIKE NOVEMBER The sun is rising earlier (according to Congress), but the legislature can’t control the thermometer. Winds are very light but gain through the morning. As the temps rise, the breezes pick up. Dress accordingly.
HANDMADE HOLIDAYS SAT NOV 22 is the fourth and final Saturday in our annual Handmade Holidays celebration of guest artists, crafters, artisans, photographers, jewelers, potters, ceramicists, clothing designers, woodworkers . . . . This week promises to be another beautiful installment of our very popular annual event. Check out Nicole Meyers’ charming rendering of our “logo”:
ARTISTS ON THE SITE MAP Look for our Handmade Holidays guests in the site plan marked with red numbers indicating what weeks they will attend. For example, Tammy Riley Ginkgo Girls will occupy space 31 all four weeks of the program (123&4), corresponding to NOV 01, NOV 08, NOV 15, NOV 22. (There is no Market SAT NOV 29.) Site Map for SAT NOV 22
GUEST VENDORS Plenty of Guest Vendors this week too. Weckerly’s Ice Cream, SOOM Foods Tahini, and John & Kira’s Chocolates take familiar spaces in the Guest Vendor area. Rich’s Micro Roast will roast beans to your specifications on the space usually occupied by the Music Tent, to make room for the final visit of Neil’s Sharpening Service below the PATCO line in the Guest Vendor neighborhood. At the west end of the Market, MECHA Chocolates, and Wood Spoon Rice Pudding will fill out the Collingswood BID vendor spaces. Green Aisle Grocery and Market Day Canele will take spots inside the Market. Live alpacas will occupy the west end of the Market.
LIVE MUSIC It’s just too cold for finger-picking this time of year. There is no music scheduled for this week.
BID VENDORS Now that Mike DiBartolo and DiBartolo Bakery will not be in attendance, David Hodges is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (856) 979-6653 cell for voice or text.
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 Collingswood Farmers’ Market [856 854-8385 Home Office] [856 979-6653 Cell Phone on Market Day for voice or text]
Collingswood SAT NOV 15
Collingswood Site Details SAT NOV 15
Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market!
SUNNY BUT CHILLY . . . LIKE NOVEMBER
The sun is rising earlier (according to Congress), but the light wind chill and the fact that it’s November will conspire to keep things pretty chilly this SAT NOV 15.
HANDMADE HOLIDAYS
SAT NOV 15 is the third of four Saturdays in November we will celebrate the Handmade Holidays with our guest artists, crafters, artisans, photographers, jewelers, potters, ceramicists, clothing designers, woodworkers . . . .
The second weekend was a wonderful debut (following a very rainy first). This week promises to be another beautiful installment of our very popular annual event.
Check out Brooke Van Derzee’s charming rendering of our “logo”:
ARTISTS ON THE SITE MAP
Look for our Handmade Holidays guests in the site plan marked with red numbers indicating what weeks they will attend. For example, Tammy Riley Ginkgo Girls will occupy space 31 all four weeks of the program (123&4), corresponding to NOV 01, NOV 08, NOV 15, NOV 22. (There is no Market SAT NOV 29.)
Site Map for SAT NOV 15
GUEST VENDORS
Plenty of Guest Vendors this week too. Border Springs Farm Lamb (their final appearance for the year), Weckerly’s Ice Cream, John & Kira’s Chocolates, and Market Day Canele take familiar spaces in the Guest Vendor area. Rich’s Micro Roast will set up below the PATCO line in the Guest Vendor neighborhood, roasting fresh beans to your specifications. At the west end of the Market, MECHA Chocolates, and Wood Spoon Rice Pudding will fill out the Collingswood BID vendor spaces. Green Aisle Grocery will take a spot inside the Market (space 77). Live alpacas will occupy the west end of the Market.
LIVE MUSIC
It’s just too cold for finger-picking this time of year. There is no music scheduled for this week.
BID VENDORS
Now that Mike DiBartolo and DiBartolo Bakery will not be in attendance, David Hodges is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (856) 979-6653 cell for voice or text.
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
Collingswood Farmers’ Market
[856 854-8385 Home Office]
[856 979-6653 Cell Phone on Market Day for voice or text]
Collingswood SAT NOV 08
Collingswood Site Details SAT NOV 08
Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market!
SUNNY BUT CHILLY . . . LIKE NOVEMBER
The wet weather will have moved out by Saturday morning when we’re setting up for the Market. Expect chilly temperatures but mostly sunny skies (once the sun comes up).
HANDMADE HOLIDAYS
SAT NOV 08 is the second of four Saturdays in November we will celebrate the Handmade Holidays with our guest artists, crafters, artisans, photographers, jewelers, potters, ceramicists, clothing designers, woodworkers . . . .
The first weekend was a miserable washout, which will make SAT NOV 08 a bright and cheerful debut for this annual event.
Check out Lisa Confora’s charming rendering of our “logo”:
ARTISTS ON THE SITE MAP
Look for our Handmade Holidays guests in the site plan marked with red numbers indicating what weeks they will attend. For example, Tammy Riley Ginkgo Girls will occupy space 31 all four weeks of the program (123&4), corresponding to NOV 01, NOV 08, NOV 15, NOV 22. This week, we’ll host 18 art and craft vendors. By the end of the month, we’ll be finding space for 20.
Site Map for SAT NOV 08
GUEST VENDORS
Plenty of Guest Vendors this week too. Border Springs Farm Lamb, Weckerly’s Ice Cream, John & Kira’s Chocolates, and Market Day Canele take familiar spaces in the Guest Vendor area. Rich’s Micro Roast will set up below the PATCO line in the Guest Vendor neighborhood, roasting fresh beans to your specifications. At the west end of the Market, MECHA Chocolates, and Wood Spoon Rice Pudding will fill out the Collingswood BID vendor spaces. Green Aisle Grocery will take a spot inside the Market (space 77). So will SOOM Foods Specialty Tahini (space 30). And finally, live alpacas will return SAT NOV 08 and remain with us for the rest of the season.
LIVE MUSIC
The always popular Sam Caruso will command the east stage this week.
BID VENDORS
Now that Mike DiBartolo and DiBartolo Bakery will not be in attendance, David Hodges is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (856) 979-6653 cell for voice or text.
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
Collingswood Farmers’ Market
[856 854-8385 Home Office]
[856 979-6653 Cell Phone on Market Day for voice or text]
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