1. Opening of the Sunday Market
The ‘buy local, eat fresh’ movement found a new home this year at the Omaha Farmers Market at Aksarben Village. The Sunday Market featured 45 to 55 vendors, offering an array of bake goods, fresh produce and hand-made crafts. Among the most popular features at the new Market were the free and easy parking, convenient hours and Wohlner’s Market on site making it a complete shopping experience!
2. Expansion onto 11th Street
To accommodate over 110 vendors and thousands of shoppers each week the Market expanded onto 11th Street from Jackson to Howard Street. The new space was definitely enjoyed by both customers and vendors!
3. Flash Mob
It started with a lone dancer dancing to the Black Eyed Peas’, “Where is The Love”, on the corner of 11th & Howard. In a flash over 25 fellow Basement Dance Studio dancers joined the dancer in the Market’s first flash mob! Just as quickly as they appeared, the dancers, ages 6 to 58, dispersed back into the Market crowd. If you missed the performance, check out the YouTube video on the Facebook page!
4. Together Inc. Food Drive
Thanks to the effort of our incredible customers and vendors, Together Inc. was able to collect over 1,300 pounds of food in one weekend!
5. Cooking Demos:
With the Market located in the heart of the Old Market, it only made sense to invite chefs from the Old Market’s best restaurants to share recipes and cooking tips for preparing fresh, seasonal produce. Throughout the season shoppers enjoyed a variety of tastes sampling everything from Indian Oven’s chicken tikka and tandoori wings to V Mertz’s German potato salad with pork cheeks.
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