By Ann Craig-Cinnamon
It really feels like spring now that the Fishers Farmers’ Market has opened. Opening day was May 3 at its new location at 6 Municipal Drive in front of the amphitheater. The market is organized by the Fishers Chamber of Commerce and presented by Community Health Network.
Carol Doehrman, the Chamber’s Vice President of Operations, says once the market is in full swing in a few weeks there will be 41 vendors in all. Opening day saw only about a third of that number but she says turnout was very good for so early in the season.
She says Fishers is not the largest farmers market in the area but it is different from the others.
“I think we’re unique in the fact that we are what I would consider a pure market whereas most of what we have is locally grown. There’s no arts and crafts allowed; no flea market items; no manufactured items; we don’t allow franchises and every vendor here either has a product here that they made themselves, grew themselves or was made specifically for them,” Doehrman said.
Laverne Weitzel who owns Bags of Wags Dog Bakery has been participating for at least 10 years and says it provides a great market for her. “There’s a lot of people, lot(s) of dogs, a lot of friendly people,” she says.
The Fishers Farmers Market will run from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday through September 27. There will be special event days and music on the amphitheater stage most Saturdays.
