{"id":5062,"date":"2014-03-27T10:46:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T14:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2014-03-27T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T14:46:59","slug":"coatesville-farmers-market-to-relocate-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=5062","title":{"rendered":"Coatesville Farmers Market to relocate in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

New location near Brandywine Hospital deemed better for growth<\/span>
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\"IMG_0418\"<\/a>By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Big changes are coming for the Coatesville Farmers Market, which will relocate near Brandywine Hospital after two seasons at Gateway Park in the city.<\/p>\n

Organizer Yvonne Post said that despite intensive efforts to involve the downtown community \u2013 such as offering free space to vendors who live in the city, providing discounts and coupons for purchases, giving jobs to young people from the city, and featuring groups from the city to perform \u2013 many residents attended sporadically, not regularly.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo maintain the Coatesville Farmers Market, the group needed to consider the livelihoods of farmers and producers as the market charted no growth from year one to year two,\u201d Post said. \u201cFor a Saturday market on the best sales day of the week, there is a responsibility to vendors to provide a sustainable amount of business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Post said a few vendors had decided not to return to the Coatesville Farmers Market for the 2014 season.\u00a0 So when Brandywine Hospital contacted the Coatesville Farmers Market Association (CFMA) about starting its own farmers\u2019 market, it seemed like \u201ca perfect time and opportunity to keep Coatesville Farmers Market growing and serving our community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hours at the new venue \u2013 in the parking lot to the right of the hospital\u2019s main entrance, visible from Fisher and Reeceville Roads \u2013 will be from 2 to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays from June 4 through October, Post said.<\/p>\n

She said the new location would offer \u201ceven greater outreach to people in need, a highly visible site, sharing marketing with the hospital and offering direct access for the hospital (employees, visitors and outpatients), the VA hospital, three nearby schools, the Brandywine YMCA, and a growing local residential community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Post said the Coatesville Link could provide reliable transportation to increase access for many in the city who could not easily get down to Gateway Park. \u201cThe market can now thrive,\u201d Post added.<\/p>\n

The opening date was chosen deliberately \u2013 the week after the hospital\u2019s annual Strawberry Festival \u2013 so \u201cwe could utilize the festival for getting the word out,\u201d Post said. She said most of the people with whom she\u2019s shared the news about the changes have been enthusiastic. She expressed thanks to the \u201coutstanding loyal market community\u201d that has continued to support to effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CFMA feels a responsibility to their community to keep this market thriving by continuing to open up new opportunities for additional vendors and products and making local food and products available year-round,\u201d said Post. \u201cA Wednesday afternoon time slot provides an opportunity for more vendors to be participate and makes the most of the new location.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the market\u2019s winter schedule will continue through the spring. On designated Saturdays, patrons can pick up orders that need to be placed by noon the preceding Thursday.\u00a0Orders can be placed by phone or email to the vendors. Patrons who subscribe to the market\u2019s email newsletter will receive a listing on Monday of the items available from a variety of vendors.<\/p>\n

Orders will be ready for pick-up between 10:30 a.m. and noon at Vollmecke Orchards and CSA, 155 Cedar Knoll Rd., Coatesville. Vendors all accept Visa, Master Card, Discover, FMNP and SNAP\/ACCESS as well as cash.<\/p>\n

To subscribe to the newsletter, email\u00a0coatesvillefarmersmarket@gmail.com<\/a>. For more information, visithttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Coatesville-Farmers-Market\/172234489572582?fref=ts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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