Troy Waterfront Farmers Market launches weekly Wednesday market
TROY, N.Y. » The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market will host a weekly Wednesday market from 11:30 a.m to 7 p.m. on the extra-wide sidewalk on Broadway between 3rd and 4th streets, along the southern end of the Troy Atrium in downtown Troy.
The new weekly market will begin on Sept. 4.
The Wednesday market is planned to run outdoors through the winter holiday season, but will be able to move inside the atrium during bad weather.
“Our aim is to provide food shopping opportunities to the lunchtime crowd as well as residents who return to Troy later in the day after working elsewhere,” said Zack Metzger, president of the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market. “We expect our Wednesday market to evolve and adapt over time as we listen to our customers and the community.”
The market area along Broadway has room for up to 20 vendors at one time, though it will launch with about a dozen vendors next week. Vendors have the ability to chose from two time slots: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., or 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Some vendors may opt to stay the entire time.
As of now, the vendors may change from week to week until everyone determines what works best. More information about featured Wednesday vendors will be announced via the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market email newsletter and will be
shared through social media and on TroyMarket.org.
“The focus of this market is to provide fresh, locally produced food in the City of Troy,” Metzger said. “There will be limited opportunity for prepared foods, with priority given to vendors who offer a unique product to lunch and dinner time in Troy, as well as those who use fresh, local ingredients.”
Parking notice
Bryce Properties, owners of the Uncle Sam Parking Garage, are planning to close the upper decks of that structure for maintenance in the near future. On a typical Saturday, more than 1,000 cars park in that garage during the summer/fall Troy Waterfront Farmers Market.
Last week, the market began work notifying its customers that parking in the Uncle Sam Parking Garage will be limited in the future. All summer, the market has been raising awareness of other free weekend parking facilities at the Fifth Ave. Garage ( between State and Broadway) and the State Street Parking Garage (at State and River streets).
“The Fifth Ave. Parking Garage is in good condition, and is a three-minute walk down Broadway to the market, with great new businesses to explore along the way,” said Steve Ridler, market manager. “The State Street Parking garage is a little more difficult to drive to on market Saturdays because you have to take Congress to Front Street to get to it, but it is literally right next to the farmers market, which begins at State and River streets.”
This season, the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market expanded all the way down lower River Street, adding a dozen vendors to that block, which is already lined by stores and a wine tasting room.”