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Franklin market underway; board volunteers are sought
By Bobbie Whitehead
The Downtown Franklin Association is seeking volunteers interested in becoming part of an advisory board for the city’s new farmers market.
The market, now under construction on Main Street, is set to open in the spring, said Victor Story, DFA president.
The DFA wants locally-produced and locally-grown products at the market, he said.
The Downtown Franklin Association is seeking volunteers interested in becoming part of an advisory board for the city’s new farmers market.
The market, now under construction on Main Street, is set to open in the spring, said Victor Story, DFA president.
The DFA wants locally-produced and locally-grown products at the market, he said.
Construction on the Franklin Franklin farmers market, located on Main Street, has begun.
“The market will be used for a lot of different things, but right now we’re trying to form an advisory board that will decide on rules and fees for selling at the market,” Story said. “We haven’t determined any fee structure; this is something the advisory board will have to decide. We’re open to suggestions. We’d like to try to get a good variety of items.”
The city of Franklin received grant money from several sources to fund the construction of the market, which is adjacent to the city’s train depot. A building of this size costs approximately $75,000 – about 37 feet by 67 feet – and it will take several years to complete the entire construction plan for the market, said Jack Norvell of the DFA design committee.
The market has 14 bays; seven on each side. Norvell said the customers will walk through an aisle in the middle of the market to do their shopping.
“We’ve done a study over the last year and have been to Smithfield, Portsmouth, Roanoke Rapids – we’ve probably visited 10 markets in the last year and have drawn information from them to find the pros and cons,” Norvell said. “This is the reason we are trying to have an advisory board, so we can have better planning and better advertising.”
Novell said managing the market will be a joint effort between the city and the DFA.
“We would like it if customers could depend on buying their fresh vegetables locally grown without having to go to the grocery store,” Norvell said.
Story said the association wants the market to serve people in Franklin as well as Southampton, Isle of Wight and Greenville counties. The DFA has had people from as far away as Lake Gaston who’ve said they’d like to sell at the Franklin market, Norvell said. He said he also expects vendors from the North Carolina localities of Murfreesboro, Ahoskie, Woodland, Conway and Jackson.
Anyone interested in being on the farmers’ market advisory board should contact the Downtown Franklin Association at 562-6900.
The city of Franklin received grant money from several sources to fund the construction of the market, which is adjacent to the city’s train depot. A building of this size costs approximately $75,000 – about 37 feet by 67 feet – and it will take several years to complete the entire construction plan for the market, said Jack Norvell of the DFA design committee.
The market has 14 bays; seven on each side. Norvell said the customers will walk through an aisle in the middle of the market to do their shopping.
“We’ve done a study over the last year and have been to Smithfield, Portsmouth, Roanoke Rapids – we’ve probably visited 10 markets in the last year and have drawn information from them to find the pros and cons,” Norvell said. “This is the reason we are trying to have an advisory board, so we can have better planning and better advertising.”
Novell said managing the market will be a joint effort between the city and the DFA.
“We would like it if customers could depend on buying their fresh vegetables locally grown without having to go to the grocery store,” Norvell said.
Story said the association wants the market to serve people in Franklin as well as Southampton, Isle of Wight and Greenville counties. The DFA has had people from as far away as Lake Gaston who’ve said they’d like to sell at the Franklin market, Norvell said. He said he also expects vendors from the North Carolina localities of Murfreesboro, Ahoskie, Woodland, Conway and Jackson.
Anyone interested in being on the farmers’ market advisory board should contact the Downtown Franklin Association at 562-6900.
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