[Vision2020] FM Improvement; another option

[Judy B. LaLonde]

I disagree that the fairgrounds would be a good place for the Farmer's
Market.

1. I believe the fairgrounds are used many, many weekends, especially in the
summer, by other venues (horseshows, auctions, etc.) during the summer.
These events bring people to the region, where they spend money. I wouldn't
want that to stop.

2. Having the Farmer's Market in downtown Moscow brings people downtown and
helps keep the downtown area vital. Historically, we know that the more
shopping mall/centers, etc. grown on the fringes of town, the fewer people
come downtown, and puts that area at risk. I'm in favor of doing all we can
to keep downtown alive and well.

3. Yes, vendors from downtown could set up; BUT, every week is different
from once a year--and you can make Gyros, but you can't make food like the
Breakfast Club offers or, etc. etc.

I could probably think of more reasons if I tried.
Respectfully,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Judy B. LaLonde
Moscow

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of Mark Seman
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 9:28 AM
To: Terry Johnson-Huhta; Vision2020
Cc: Deena Heath
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] FM Improvement; another option


Terry,
Thank you for your response and thoughts on Farmer's Market.  The fair
grounds does have a historic function very similar to the Market.  Your idea
has some good merits to it and I will forward it to the FM committee members
for further consideration and discussion.

Best regards,
Mark
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-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of Terry Johnson-Huhta
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 7:43 AM
To: Mark Seman; Vision2020
Cc: Deena Heath
Subject: [Vision2020] FM Improvement; another option


Just a thought....but how about changing the venue of FM (Farmer's Market)?
Move the market to the fair grounds.The fair grounds has plenty of space in
a park like setting, lots of parking ( more to come), a ready made stage
area, bathrooms, a kitchen/grill and indoor facilities in case of inclement
weather. Historically fair grounds were established to showcase agricultural
products and marrying  the market with the fairgrounds could be an ideal
solution.  I have talked with some of the venders at the market and they
don't  care where the market is located as long as they  have space to sell
their products and have customers. The fair grounds offers more space to
allow for more venders. The local bakeries and restaurants  could set up
shop at the fairgrounds  in the same way that Mikey's Gyro's does during the
Fair. Saturday of the Fair would be the only time the fairgrounds would be
unavailable.





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