Farmer's Market breaks ground on new sheds

[Metro Jacksonville]

Farmer's Market breaks ground on new sheds

As promised, Beaver Street Fisheries is in a rush to replace and demolish the existing farmer's market.  A trip to the site this past weekend revealed that construction had already started on the new market.  The good news is the decrepit existing structures are being replaced with an all new facility.  The bad news is that the new sheds are in a worse location than the existing facilities and situated in a position that won't bring revitalization to the warehouse district surrounding it.

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[JJ]

You offered them help. They refused. You offered them a plan. They refused. You offered them a business oppurtunity. They refused. They obviously are not good business people. Instead of supporting them, start your own market. Incorporate into the core of the city.

[thelakelander]

Who knows? At some point in the future someone with the clout may need to step in and do just that.  The future is a hard thing to predict.  In the meantime, all we can do is attempt to make lemonade out of our lemons.