Correction: The dates for the Farmers Market were incorrect in the 9/19 issue of Model D; the correct dates are below.The
Highland Park Urban Farmers Market continues Oct. 7 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the former Sears Site on Woodward. Vendors, many of them from
Highland Park, sell fresh produce, as well as goods from the local, family-owned
Victor Bakery.
The
farmers market has been funded in part by the State of Michigan's
Cities of Promise Initiative, which is working with a total of nine
economically distressed communities, including Hamtramck, Pontiac and
Benton Harbor.
MSHDA, the state agency acting as the lead, hopes that a
local group will continue the farmers market after this initial pilot year
of funding.
MSHDA's Joanne Brown is working with the many community groups — including the City of Highland Park,
HP Devco,
the Highland Park Urban Farmers Coalition, Operation Weed & Seed and the Wayne-Metropolitan
Community Action Agency — and is optimistic about its long-term
prospects. She notes that almost 200 people turned out for the market's
first day. "It was a very good turnout and an asset to the
neighborhood," she says.
Source: Joanne Brown, MSHDA
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