A new market is kicking off in the heart of downtown Anchorage Friday. The Anchorage Summer Night Market is one of several weekly summer events in the park, and is a new summer tradition according to the city.
Zaneta Stetsunova is the owner and founder of the new market. She was born and raised in Anchorage, rented her first apartment on Third Avenue, and said downtown used to be more vibrant.
“Downtown was popping, truly. I had a whole downtown experience in my 20s, right here in Anchorage,” Stetsunova said. “I think that more people than not haven’t been downtown in months, some years. I truly want to give people a reason to come back downtown on a regular basis.”…