When the vendors at Falls Park Farmers Market began talking about how to grow, they knew they couldn’t add more Saturdays to the summer months.
So they decided to add more Saturdays — to the cold-weather months.
Two weeks after Falls Park Farmers Market closes at its outdoor location on the north side of Falls Park, it will open twice a month for six months at an indoor venue, the Mosaic Arts & Events building at 500 N. Main Ave.
About half of the summer Falls Park Farmers Market vendors will participate, said Nathan Van Zweden, himself a vendor for 26 years with Alissa’s Flower Farm and now a board member. Only current vendors will take part.
“It’s just shy of 20, and I’m still working on a couple of them,” he said. “Some of the vegetables growers, they didn’t plan for a winter market.” Other vendors had vacation plans or are facing health issues.
Participants wanted to go year-round or wanted to focus on a producers market rather than attend craft shows. “We’re not a craft show,” Van Zweden said. “That’s not what we do.”…