ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — The Commonwealth awarded the City of Roanoke $50,000 to improve the historic city market as part of a grant program designed to boost local food production and agricultural infrastructure.
The city will use the funds to install new awnings, which Downtown Roanoke Incorporated says will increase vendor capacity and maximize the market’s area in a way that is not possible right now.
“Right now we are avoiding some stalls that have a lot of holes so that our vendors aren’t getting rained on,” said Downtown Roanoke Incorporated director of marketing and communications Joya Garris. “This will allow us to use every single stall as well as the ones on Campbell [Avenue].”
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Opening in 1882, the historic city market is the oldest continually operated open-air market in the state…