An indoor, year-round farmers market may be coming to Springfield, in an effort dubbed the Community Food Hub Project.
An indoor, year-round farmers market may be coming to Springfield, in an effort dubbed the Community Food Hub Project.
The effort to establish the market…is spearheaded by the Neighborhood Economic Development Corp., a Springfield-based nonprofit agency. The organization is in the process of buying a building that now houses the First Christian Church at Fourth and A streets in downtown Springfield, a stone’s throw from the current outdoor May-through-October Springfield Farmers’ Market. The agreed-upon purchase price is $850,000.
NEDCO plans to renovate the church, a 10,000-square-foot space, creating a large open area for vendors to set up stalls and establishing spots for two potential anchor businesses — a coffee shop and a bakery, for example — according to Sarai Johnson, the organization’s program director. Johnson added that the group hopes to build a commercial kitchen on the premises, which could be rented out to local food carts or catering businesses, and to make office space available to small businesses.
Read more at The Register-Guard.
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