ALBANY – A large courtyard on the former College of Saint Rose campus will host a farmers market from mid- to late August through October, organized by the owner of the Washington Park Farmers Market in the city.
Scott Abraham, who also ran the Guilderland Farmers Market from 2018 until losing its location at the town library at the end of last season in October, said he signed a contract Thursday for the new Saint Rose market with the Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority, a quasi-public entity that owns and is redeveloping the campus. After the college closed in 2024, Albany County bought the complex, with 72 properties and 92 buildings, for $35 million through a bond issue and turned the properties over to ACPHLA.
Dylan Turek, the authority’s senior vice president of development, confirmed the news Saturday. Authority CEO Michael Lalli, who is also the county’s director of operations, was unavailable for comment…