Downtown Farmers’ Market Closing for 2019 Season

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The Downtown Farmers’ Market typically opens in late May and runs until September.

However, the organization announced Friday morning they wouldn’t be opening for the 2019 season via their Facebook page.

The board thanks all of their friends for supporting the business through the years.

Rachel Rainey, an Mt. Vernon business owner says this was a disappointment, but not a surprise. In 2018, the market was not bringing in a large crowd.

“I’d like to see it continue again in 2020 if that’s possible; in, hopefully, a location that would be more accessible, especially with families with kids,” says Rainey, the owner of 3 Chicks Fudgery.

Pattie Davis, the market master of the Downtown Evansville Farmers’ Market, says she knew moving the market to Bond Street in 2017 was not increasing traffic.

“We had planned on moving downtown, closer downtown. We thought that would be the shot in the arm that we would need,” says Davis. She says this new location was not ready for them to use May 2019.

Davis asked the vendors if they would be willing to return to the same location. She says only about 10 said “yes.”

The owner of 3 Chicks Fudgery says closing the farmers’ market will impact people in need, and will be missed this season.

“I know a lot of people would go there weekly and they could use their SNAP benefits and that may be the only time they are getting fresh fruits and vegetables,” says Rainey.

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  1. The Bond Street location was predictably bad, but there should be a market this year. It belongs in the Haynie’s Corner Arts District. It would be convenient for more downtown dwellers and be of mutual benefit with the businesses already there.

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