Sugarcreek farmers market starts Friday

Weekly event open from 3 to 7 p.m. every Friday.

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By Jeremy P. Kelley, Staff Writer 9:16 AM Thursday, June 11, 2009

SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County — After a year of effort, Sugarcreek Twp. will launch a weekly farmers market Friday, June 12, in the parking lot of PetSmart at 4333 Feedwire Road, adjacent to Target and Home Depot.

Sugarcreek planner/zoning official Cara KillKelley said the market has six vendors confirmed, with two more possible.

The market will be open from 3 to 7 p.m. every Friday, with the season expected to last from June 12 to Oct. 30.

“The township is an open-space community, and it has a farming heritage, so having a farmers market here fits with those ideas,” KillKelley said.

The six groups who will sell their wares at the market are Brickel Creek Organic Farm of Jamestown, NT Natural Meats, Little Lady Bakery of Beavercreek, Berryhill Farm of Xenia Twp., Persinger Farms of Jamestown and White Mountain Honey Farm of Xenia.

If the other two also come to the market, customers will be able to buy everything from vegetables, fruits, herbs and berries to baked goods, meat, dairy products and mushrooms, as well as the honey and skin care products from White Mountain.

The township hopes to list more details about the vendors soon on its Web site at www.sugarcreek township.com.

Township trustee Dick King said individual local farms have sold products to the public before, but the township hasn’t had a market quite like this.

“I only go back maybe 12 years as a trustee, but I think this is a new creation,” King said. “We’re trying to draw a larger customer base and trying to create interest in buying local, homegrown products.”

KillKelley said township officials were determined to get a farmers market set up this year after starting the process a little too late in 2008. And she said the Friday time slot should help, as the local market won’t compete against the many Saturday markets.

“A lot of people have said they want this, so we hope they come out and enjoy it,” KillKelley said. “If the market doesn’t get support, it can’t be sustained.”

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