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Saturday the 19th. My wife, my son and I all head up to the Springfield Farmers Market at 6th and Main. We’re excited to see what the Springfield Small Business Association has planned. We anticipate stands of food vendors, crafts, music, antiques and a lively scene in general. Instead we find nothing, just an empty parking lot.

We head next door to the Springfield Station Bar and Grill (formerly Main Street Bakery) to ask if anyone knows anything about the farmers market. Jim, the owner, is dumbfounded as he was told to prepare his restaurant for a crush of people. Springfield Station has a special table set up with coffee, danishes and to go cups for the farmers market. I also spoke with a musician who said he had come to the farmers market to inquire about his band playing later that day.

So what’s going on? I have no idea. I was scheduled to talk with Francesca, one of the organizers, a few times last week but I never got around to it. Maybe she was calling to tell me it had been rescheduled. I hope to speak with her later today and get more details.

tags: jacksonville, springfield, springfield farmers market

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Francesca

Sorry guys!! We are having the HUGE Grand Opening tomorrow..Hope to see you all there..it will be well worth the wait :)
joeymarchy

Thanks Kathryn. I spoke with Francesca and she also told me the farmers market will be Saturday the 27th starting at 8am
Kathryn

According to Lynn Wilson with the Springfield Business Association, the Farmers Market was and is scheduled to open THIS Saturday in the morning (I think he said from 9 a.m. - 1p.m.) I saw him at a birthday party Sat. night and told him that folks were confused and disappointed about it not being open. He said he would get the word out this week with the details. We'll be there with bells on!!!
Downtownparks

There are other indicators too. Shirts over fences. Plastic Bags tied to stuff.

I always make it a point to remove stuff like that when I'm walking. the way I see it, it might b litter, It might not be. Either way I am doing a service.
PCollins

Even older...I remember seeing that in Atlanta's Little 5-Points in 1993...

And you would think that the dealers would realize it only helps JSO to locate them.
fawnleibowitz

people are still doing that? that is SO 2001.
joeymarchy

Here is a link to the article everyone is talking about: Lure of the Game
PCollins

Gosh claytonbixby, that was a really good comment. Very witty and current. Let us know next time you come running out of your glass house waving a hammer...

^Says - clayton was referring to the practice of some crack dealers to string shoes on telephone lines to advertise their drugs.
^

What the hell is claytonbixby talking about?
claytonbixby

what do you expect, its Springfield! I heard that the real Springfiled 'market' was on the corner of 1st and liberty....look for the shoes hanging on the service lines...

Where ya at Springfield Famers Market?

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