Relocate Farmer's Market? Metro Jacksonville takes heat!
Surprisingly, Metro Jacksonville’s push to have the market relocated closer to downtown was met with a lot of negativity. So much we’re compelled to respond to what appears to be several misconceived notions from those who apparently did not read our previous articles or failed to grasp the ideology behind the concept relocating the market to a nearby, yet better site.
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Where did all the negative comments come from? Emails?
A few emails to the MetroJacksonville Group yesterday and interviews by Karen Brune Mathis and Urban Jacksonville. However, the negative comments seemed to stem from people assuming we were pushing to move the market to downtown, like literally in the middle of Hemming Plaza.
Nevertheless, reality is the market barely stays afloat today. Does anyone really expect business to increase by simply moving it next door? This is a jewel that we need to sit down and take a look at the bigger picture.