The Port Townsend Farmers Market Opens 2006

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The Port Townsend Farmers Market opens for the season on Saturday with expectations of another year of sales growth.

Market manager Libby Urner said vendor demand for space is so strong that the market has expanded into the Clay Street intersection. Listen To Interview with Libby Urner. (MP3, 13 minutes)

“We’ve got a lot of momentum this year,” she said. “There’s a bunch of new vendors, and just about everybody we had before is returning.”

Also new this year is a “Friends of the Market” membership program designed to help build the budget of the nonprofit Port Townsend Farmers Market Association.

The market could also gain visibility through a 4-H project that will feature live interviews and Internet video podcasting direct from the market. (Read More)