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May 31, 2016
Business brisk at first New tenants on Broadway local outdoor market By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Visitors bought plants, produce and specialties from 49 vendors who filled the northeast corner of Wayne and Barr streets for downtown Fort Wayne’s first outdoor market of the season. Ashley Adams Wagner, in her fourth season as manager of the Young Leaders Northeast Indiana market, said the May 21 turnout was ahead of last year’s pace. “We’ve probably seen around a thousand patrons shopping through the market today,” she said just before the market closed at 1 p.m. The number of vendors was up, too. “It was definitely more than we had last year,” she said. “I know we’ll have more vendors coming in June, July, August. We’ll have 60, maybe 70.” Like most vendors, Cathy Thomas of Convoy, Ohio, brought early season cold crops. She filled tables with lettuce, asparagus, onions and radishes. By 12:20 p.m., the inventory was whittled down to 10 English cucumbers. She remained until closing,
Markets around town For a list of local farmers markets, see Page A9 though, as did every other vendor. “Some are selling out,” Wagner said. “We ask that they don’t leave early, so that they can market themselves.” The tables were staffed, the aisles were full, the conversation was flowing and the music was playing until the silent final bell. As the season’s first musical guests put away their gear, they also picked up gifts of bread, soap, lip balm and flowers. “We figure that if they give you something, they appreciate you,” Mike Morrissey said. He spoke on behalf of the five-member band the Annealerz, all former employees of Fort Wayne Metals. It was their first appearance in that tent just behind The History Center. They had tried to play last year. “It’s amazing how tough it is to coordinate four or five people,” Morrissey
said. Instead, they played the opening market of the 2016 season. They had fun, he said. Dennis Parr of The Parr Farm in Kendallville was back for his second year at the YLNI market. “It’s a great market, phenomenal traffic,” he said. Parr also sells herbs and popcorn at a market in Kendallville and at the Salomon Farm Park market. “This early in the season it’s difficult to have a whole lot, but herbs seem to go over really well, so I come down with about 10 different varieties of herbs,” he said. “We have some popcorn that we raised last year, and we had a little bit of asparagus to start. What we’re really looking forward to is next week should start the strawberry season. If we get that 80-degree temperature, this week is going to be phenomenal.” Parr is retired after 37 years in health care. “I need something to do,” he said. “We have a very small greenhouse, but many of the herbs do really well in that cool, wet weather. The one exception being basil, it doesn’t like
By Lucretia Cardenas lcardenas@kpcmedia.com
Business is picking up on Broadway with the sale of the Canton Laundry building and business plans in place for its nextdoor neighbor. Hedgehog Press, currently located on Columbia Avenue in the 46805 neighborhood, is moving across town to occupy the former dry-cleaning building at 1014 Broadway. “I’m excited to have commercial neighbors,” Hedgehog owner Julie Wall said, noting her closest commercial neighbor is not very lively – it is a funeral home. Her new neighbors will include William L. Lupkin Designs, Ryan Hadley Studio, Fancy & Staple and The Phoenix. The Canton Laundry building, as well as its
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neighbor, 1016, are one of the projects Architecture & Community Heritage, known as ARCH, took on in recent years. The Italianate buildings, situated PHOTO BY LUCRETIA CARDENAS between Jefferson ARCH restored two row properand Washington ties at 1014-1016 Broadway and boulevards, are a the buildings should be occulabor of love. Initially pied by the fall. built circa 1890, the buildings required downtown.” new plumbing, electrical Hedgehog Press should and heating when ARCH be moving into the Canton in 2010 purchased the Laundry building in the properties from St. John fall, and Wall plans to live Evangelical Lutheran above the business. Church, at what was In addition, she is “good about the acquisiplanning to have two addition price,” said Michael tional artists join her and Galbraith, ARCH’s execuset up studios in the firsttive director. floor commercial space. “The Broadway corridor Hedgehog Press specialis shaping up to be a cool, izes in custom printing of artsy center,” Galbraith posters and cards, some of said. “It is a nice bridge between West Central and See CANTON, Page A2
See MARKETS, Page A10
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Martha Manges, left, and Georgia Manges of Fort Wayne enjoy ice cream at the YLNI Farmers Market.
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