Partners looking for new location for Farmers Market

Published 12:00 am Monday, July 30, 2012

SALISBURY — The city of Salisbury, along with Downtown Salisbury Inc. and the Rowan County Convention and Visitors Bureau, are working to establish a new, permanent location for the Salisbury Rowan Farmers Market.
The Farmers Market operates in the same location of the future employee parking lot for the Rowan-Salisbury Schools central office.
The market runs from 7 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Saturdays at the corner of South Main and East Bank streets. The Wednesday morning session would conflict with employee parking once the central office opens.
Staff members from partner organizations are working with the Salisbury Rowan Farmers Market Association to identify funding and resources available to help establish a new location and develop a plan to ensure continued success of the Farmers Market in the downtown area, Elaney Hasselmann, Salisbury’s public information officer, said in a press release.
“Those involved in the process hope to have a solution in place prior to the start of next market season, which begins in April,” Hasselmann said.
Community Planning Services Director Joe Morris said the city is excited about establishing the partnership to ensure the future success of the market.
“It is vital that we include stakeholders who have been instrumental to the market’s success thus far in the development of a new plan and permanent home for the Salisbury Rowan Farmers Market,” Morris said.
The Salisbury Rowan Farmers Market, established in 2004, has been operating at its current location since its development and has been a crucial component of various health and wellness efforts and community wide designations, such as the city’s recent designation as a Gold Level Fit Community.