I guess the good news was that many sold out before the storm. Sounds like it will be a success.
Ann

Well, the deluge aside, it sounds like you will have a great market! Whenever you have a crowd waiting for you to open, that's a good sign. Best of luck to you - both as a vendor, and as a manager!

:)
Dee

at least it didn't keep raining for 40 days. Congrat's on your success!

Tell us how your season turned out, Sundacks.

digitS'

Where is "In the Mountains"? what state?

Sounds like you did good anyway.

1eyedJack and the Dawg

Haven't checked this forum for a while! Thanks for your interest.

We turned out to have a great season, better than anticipated.From starting in July with just 2 vendors signed up for the season, we quickly grew to an average of about 10 vendors with some days at 14 or higher. The market had a great variety including organic and pasture-fed beef, lamb and pork, breads from a local bakery, flowers, herbs, crafts and of course several produce vendors.

I think the concept of local eating really caught on this year; I just hope it isn't a fad. Next year we plan to open 2 weeks earlier and continue through the end of Sept. And we'll try to have at least one "event" per month.

For the curious - we're in the Adirondack mountains of NYS, pretty cold with sandy/rocky acidic soil.

Lucky you!
I am in a small rural community. We just reorganized our market a couple years ago and with city support behind us we are growing but still trying to figure out how to get more shoppers out to our market. I became market master by default - since my friend asked me to help her then dropped out - and passed out vendor packets to 3 new inquiries this week. My concern is having too much competition with additional vendors and not growing the customer base enough to keep up with our growing market.
Any advertising hints would be greatly welcomed.