First, thank you for the opportunity to respond to the market question. This issue has come up in the past and I hope to be able to shed some light on the subject, and hopefully quell any further confusion.
In terms of semantics, it’s probably important to clarify that the Farmer’s Market currently being held at the Fairgrounds is run by a Board of Directors, so when Trillis writes about speaking to one of the “council members on the Farmer’s Market”, it would be accurate to call them Board Members. Additionally, I am currently a member of the Fallon City Council, so when we refer to a council member in that situation, we would be talking about one of our elected officials.
At any rate, this all happened before I was elected last year, however I have been involved with both the Farmer’s Market folks, the Chamber of Commerce, was a past director of the Cantaloupe Festival, and currently serve as the Chair of the Tourism Board through the City of Fallon, so these event and projects have been a part of my life for several years.
To boil it all down and provide a brief explanation for my earlier comment in response to the Facebook post, the City of Fallon has been a supporter of the Farmer’s Market for several years; financially, with our staff, and in providing public safety through the Police Department.
A couple years ago, as part of the regular discussions that happen every year at the beginning of each market season, where everyone involved talks about how to continue improving the market and what we can all do better, there was discussion about making several changes to the logistics of the market including they layout and youth activities.
At some point after that meeting the City was informed that the Market had decided to move to the fairgrounds where they are currently in their second year of operations at that location.
Last fall we began hearing at City Hall from people who expressed an interest in the idea of a Saturday farmer’s market, downtown, that was farmer/produce based. We all started throwing the idea around and the folks over at the Downtown Merchant’s Association just kind of picked up the ball and ran. And now we are looking at their exciting project starting on July 10th.
If you have any questions about any of this, please don’t hesitate to call me and let me know. 867-5373. I appreciate you all listening, and I hope you’ll contact me in the future if you hear something or see something that doesn’t make sense or that you question in any way. Our whole focus on the council is to make things better for the citizens of Fallon, and I hope you’ll let me know when we are and when we aren’t.
Thanks,
Rach
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