Farmers' Market Oceanside

Another beautiful busy day at the market!  We are so blessed to live in Florida and have so many nice days! 

We now have all our available spaces rented!  Yeah!  Hopefully in the near future we will have a few more spaces to fill.  We are asking the City to remove those dangerous car bumpers from the parking lot.  They don't seem to be needed there anyway.  If they agree to do that, then we can use the row farthest to the South for new vendors.  We should be able to get 5 or 6 spaces in that area.  For those vendors that like to park there, your time might be limited.  I know that it can be difficult during set up and break down to get your vehicles in and out.  But thankfully everyone seems to work together and help each other, so I think it will work out fine. 

I have had many questions from the vendors as to how long we intend to run the market.  Right now we are going thru the end of May.  We will be taking a poll from all of the vendors to see who would be interested in going through the summer and how often they would want to come.  Then I can approach the market committee to see what we are willing to do. 

I also wanted to make all the vendors aware that in March, there will be a St. Patricks Day Parade that will close down Ocean Drive and Cardinal drive from 8:30 am to about 11 am.  We are currently working on a plan to help our shoppers find places to park and be able to walk to the market.  We will be very busy after the parade that day I am sure.  But during the parade I don't know what to expect.  I will keep you updated on the plans.  We may want to pass flyers out to our shoppers to direct them as to where to park that day. They should just come by 8:30 and park and spend the morning with us. 

As always I am more than willing to listen to any suggestions you all may have for improvement to the market.  Please feel free to email me or call me anytime. 

Sincerely,

Tyna