- Salt Lake City’s Downtown Farmers Market returns with a new layout amid Pioneer Park renovations.
- Cold snaps severely impacted local fruit vendors, leading to some pulling out this year.
- Rico Brand exits the market to focus on expansion, welcoming new entrepreneurs to join market.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s largest farmers market will look different when it returns this weekend, as its home undergoes a facelift.
There will also be new faces, as some familiar vendors deal with the impacts of a “fruit famine” and others step aside for the next generation of businesses when the Salt Lake City Downtown Farmers Market returns this Saturday.
“Things will be laid out really differently … but we are maintaining the same size of market as we have in the past,” said Carly Gillespie, director of Urban Food Connections of Utah, which oversees the market.
A new layout
Salt Lake City broke ground on its $18.4 million Pioneer Park project in February. Market organizers explored alternative locations when they learned about Pioneer Park’s construction timeline, as the weekly event brings over 10,000 customers every week, but they ultimately settled on staying at the park and working with the space they had…