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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Marion Farmers Market Opening Weekend: What Fruits and Vegetables Can't You Wait to Snap Up?

Marion Farmers Market is opening this weekend, finally. It will be in a new location.

Sign up for Marion Patch's free newsletter | Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter From the City of Marion: MARION FARMERS MARKET TO OPEN MAY 4 IN A NEW LOCATION The Marion Parks and Recreation Department will open the Marion Farmers Market on Saturday, May 4 at its new location, City Square Park in Uptown Marion. The market is open from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays. The final Marion Farmers Market of the season will take place September 28. Due to previously scheduled events in the park, there will not be a market on Saturday, May 18 or Saturday, June 2. The Marion Farmers Market offers a wide variety of locally grown produce, fresh baked goods, flowers, meats, and homemade crafts. Contact …

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Marion Farmers Market is on the Move

Due to construction, the Marion Farmers Market will no longer be located in the parking lot of the Marion Shopping Center.

You may have noticed that the Marion Shopping Center shopping center is under heavy construction right now. With the dozens of tons of heavy machinery and concrete matter flying around like dust in the old west, you might think it is a terrible location for this year's farmers market, which is usually in the mall's parking lot. You'd be right. According to the Gazette, the organizers of the Marion Farmers Market have chosen a new site for the farms market, when it comes back this May. Taube Park, on 2200 31rst St.  "This is the best location we can think of at this time," said Pat Carlson, administrative assistant for the Marion Parks and Recreation Department, to the Gazette. The way Carlson described it to the Gazette, it doesn't sound …

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