All roads lead to market
A SMALLER coronavirus-era market is set to resume at Salamanca Place next month.
Hobart City Council has approved the road closures needed to allow the new market to begin on August 8.
The market will initially run from 8am to 1pm, but those hours could be expanded to meet demand.
It will be divided into two separate sections that will be able to accommodate up to 500 people each.
The name of the new market is yet to be decided.
SALAMANCA Place will regain some of its famous atmosphere next month with the resumption of a smaller interim market.
Hobart City Council has approved the road closures needed to allow the new market to begin on Saturday, August 8.
The market will initially run from 8am to 1pm, but those hours could be expanded to meet demand.
It will be divided into two separate sections that will be able to accommodate up to 500 people each.
Deputy Lord Mayor Helen Burnet praised council staff for the event’s return.
“Having a market in Salamanca Place is a really important thing for out community,” Councillor Burnet said.
Advice provided to the council said the market could not be officially called Salamanca Market because of the legal agreements between the City of Hobart and stallholders of the usual market.
The name of the new market is yet to be decided, but the council has proposed something along the lines of “Tasmania’s Own Market”. Under an amendment put forward by Alderman Marti Zucco, council staff will consult with stallholders over the name.
“The last thing this council needs is the Stallholders’ Association or any members to come to us and say we didn’t consult with them,” he said.
Council director of community life Tim Short said staff had been working with the stallholders throughout the process of setting up the new market. He said a name would be discussed this week.
The new market has been made possible following negotiations between the council and state government about social-distancing rules.
Under eased state government coronavirus restrictions, a limit of 500 people at outdoor gatherings had initially stifled plans to relaunch the popular event.
The last Salamanca Market was held on March 14.
However, other markets such as the Sunday Farm Gate Market have been allowed to continue with social-distancing procedures in place.