King Neighborhood will be host to the latest Portland Farmer’s Market. The location at the King School, Park and King Neighborhood Facility will serve King and its surrounding neighborhoods. Portland Farmer’s Market (PFM) in partnership with the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN) under the direction of its new permanent executive director, Paige Coleman are spearheading this project.
NECN is forming a King Market Advisory Council to provide feedback to NECN on educational programming at the market and to serve as a community voice for the market. To secure the continued success of the market requires the support of weekly shoppers.
What You Can Do:
The remaining hurdle is to get an exception to the zoning of the parking lot at NE 7th and Wygant which is zoned residential, to allow the market. Please consider submitting a letter of support for the market from yourself or your organization. Letters of support from the immediate neighbors of the market, showing that this cause is worth the increased car, bike, and foot traffic. We will encourage local residents to walk, bike, and use public transit.
Contact:
If you are interested in being a good or produce vendor or being on the entertainment schedule, please contact the Portland Farmer’s Market directly:
Jaret Foster, Market Manager, Portland Farmer’s Market, 503-241-0032
jaret@portlandfarmersmarket.org, www.portlandfarmersmarket.org
Those interested in serving on the King Market Community Advisory Council, doing a workshop, have ideas for food programming to acheive our goal of “good food for all,” please contact Paige Coleman, Executive Director, NECN at:
503-823-3151, paigecoleman@necoalition.org, or visit the website at http://portland.necoalition.org
I am so excited about the possibility of a farmer’s market in the King Neighborhood. We are trying to teach our children to eat locally and in season. It is so great that you are making it easier for us to take up these principles – and within walking distance!
Woo Hoo!
Great idea. Do you want letters of support to go to the city council or xxxx?
thanks, Monica
Send your support to NECN c/o Paige Coleman, 4815 NE 7th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211.
I am very glad for the efforts of some dedicated people to this project. We are building a community. That’s how it works. We work together. We hold our hands and move together. We are a multicultural/multiethnic community. How sweet it is! Thanks for your work. I sense patience, there is love in there, there is understanding. Guess what–we will make it work. We must stay together. Please pass the cookies.
Dr. Dapo
This would be great for the community. It will provide more opportunity for neighbors to share news about the neighborhood and just simply to get to know one another. Good things like this bring the best out in people.