A popular Lake Norman farmers’ market will no longer have to uproot every four months to yet another site.
Josh’s Farmers Market — and others like it — are now welcome to operate as permanent open-air agricultural markets selling their fresh Carolinas fruits and vegetables, fish from the coast and other foods, the Mooresville Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed Monday night.
The commissioners voted to add an open-air agricultural market land use to the town zoning ordinance.
The vote culminated months of work with the market by all seven Mooresville elected officials, Mayor Chris Carney said.
And it appears to have ended a years-long bitter feud that landed in the courts.
A seasonal market or a full-time establishment?
Josh’s was previously forced to apply every four months for a temporary permit, and that meant moving each time.
And that followed daily fines in 2022 that Mooresville imposed on Lowe’s YMCA , as the owner of the grassy plot beside the YMCA where Josh’s previously operated.