Free parking in train station garage ends for Farmers Market
Starting March 1, the Monrovia Station parking garage will resume charging a daily fee of $3. Free parking will no longer be available during the Station Square Farmers Market.
Wow! That is a really an ill-thought out move.. Unless the hope was to totally eliminate the Saturday Farmers Market..In that case, its a brilliant move Sadly, having been in that business for many years, the best farmers are in high demand, Saturday mornings are a prime time.. Most of the vendors had a good Saturday gig that they let slide to "try out" this one- If there are no customers, why go to all the work (and it IS work!) to drive, display, set up, break down, pack up, and pay for a space, when there are no customers? What ends up happening, is that the best vendors fid greener pastures, and the Market becomes saturated with first time vendors, who are getting their feet wet..Not to say some arent fabulous.. Vendors find good shows by word of mouth..other vendors..And as the quality of the show declines, so does the customer base- and if customers cannot count on seeing the same vendors/products regularly, well that is really the death knell for a successful Farmers Market...
Wow! That is a really an ill-thought out move.. Unless the hope was to totally eliminate the Saturday Farmers Market..In that case, its a brilliant move Sadly, having been in that business for many years, the best farmers are in high demand, Saturday mornings are a prime time.. Most of the vendors had a good Saturday gig that they let slide to "try out" this one- If there are no customers, why go to all the work (and it IS work!) to drive, display, set up, break down, pack up, and pay for a space, when there are no customers? What ends up happening, is that the best vendors fid greener pastures, and the Market becomes saturated with first time vendors, who are getting their feet wet..Not to say some arent fabulous.. Vendors find good shows by word of mouth..other vendors..And as the quality of the show declines, so does the customer base- and if customers cannot count on seeing the same vendors/products regularly, well that is really the death knell for a successful Farmers Market...
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