Thursday, July 7, 2011

Parkville flooding forces Farmers Market to move

Posted by Charles Ferruzza on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Parkville's English Landing Park is still there, somewhere...
  • Parkville's English Landing Park is still there, somewhere...


Now that Parkville's popular English Landing Park is, mostly, underwater -- the Wednesday and Saturday farmers market held in the covered stalls in the parking lot adjacent to the park has been moved to a new location. The farmers and vendors now set up their wares in a space on the north side of Parkville City Hall at 8880 Clark Avenue, near the Parkville Commons Shopping Center.

It's not that the old site -- the English Landing parking lot -- isn't still dry, it is. But the contaminated water smells pretty bad. The park is closed until further notice.



The hours of the Saturday market are the same: 7 a.m. until the vendors sell out or just start packing their merchandise up in the heat of the afternoon. The Wednesday market continues from 2 to 5 p.m.

click to enlarge The old location doesn't smell too good these days
  • The old location doesn't smell too good these days
A spokesman for the Parkville Farmers Market, Gary Oberdiek, says that last Saturday was the first for business at the new location and there were still plenty of customers: "They found us there," he says, "and I even saw some new faces."

"From what I understand from the Corps of Engineers," says Oberdiek, "it could be well until September or October before the water recedes, so we'll definitely be at this new location through the summer months."

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