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General Manager
Amanda Kelly said Tomball Farmers Market’s
evening markets—known as sunset markets—have vendors, whereas Saturday morning markets have up to 76 vendors. 42 3,400 people
At least 51%
of those vendors are farmers.
attended the rst sunset market Dec. 21.
SOURCE: TOMBALL FARMERS MARKET COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
The Tomball Farmers Market is held each Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon with three evening markets planned for 2022.
COURTESY AMANDA KELLY
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Tomball FarmersMarket adds sunsetmarkets
BY KAYLI THOMPSON
open late to bene t from customers attending the market. She said the rst evening market in December had 3,400 people attend despite the evening market having fewer vendors than the weekly Saturday morning markets. The next sunset market is planned for Oct. 2 from 4-7 p.m. and will be held in partnership with the city’s National Night Out festivities. Adding opportunities In addition to adding weeknight markets, Kelly said market and city o cials are discussing starting a community garden where local residents can lease spots. Kelly and city sta are still in the process of nding land for a future community garden, but there are funds in place for starting one. She said the vision for the commu- nity garden is to have a space where students, retirement communities and veterans can all access it. The community garden would give those who otherwise do not have the opportunity for fresh produce the ability to grow their own. However, a timeline of when a garden could be created has not been con rmed, she said.
The Tomball Farmers Market held a sunset market March 16, one of three anticipated for the market after years of vendors and customers hoping for a weeknight market, General Man- ager Amanda Kelly said. An evening market was rst piloted in December. The farmers market started in 2008, and since 2012, it has been held every Saturday, rain or shine, from 9 a.m.-noon, she said. The market is held at 205 W. Main St. Kelly said she worked with the city of Tomball to get sunset markets approved in February for 2022. The city asked her to acquire more light- ing for the market grounds and have more police o cers on hand, among other requests, before signing o on evening markets, she said. “For years, people have asked us to do an evening market during the week because a lot of people can’t come on the weekends,” she said. Kelly said the market has never had the sta ng or ability to debut evening markets, and City Council had not given approval. While vendors and visitors wanted a weekly sunset market, it is too much work to pull o regularly, Kelly said, so only three a year are planned as of March. She said she also does not want to overextend the farmers and vendors who regularly set up at the weekend market. For the rst sunset market city o cials signed o on Dec. 21, Kelly said she informed the businesses on Main Street and invited them to stay
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