{"id":26520,"date":"2020-05-14T18:24:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26520"},"modified":"2020-05-21T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:50:14","slug":"farmers-market-aims-to-re-open-may-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/farmers-market-aims-to-re-open-may-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers\u2019 Market aims to re-open May 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some sense of spring normalcy might soon return to the community\nas the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market aims to re-open in a new way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market (AFM) get the go ahead from York\nRegion Public Health this week, produce and food vendors will once again be\ngreeting customers \u2013 back on Wells Street and under new circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause we have been designated an essential service for only\nfood and farm, if we\u2019re allowed to open on May 23, it will just be farmers and\nfood vendors, with the exception of [vendor] Kim Boland for soap and hand\nsanitizer,\u201d says Market Chair Cathy Williams of Catharina\u2019s Kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere would be one way in and one way out where everyone coming\nin will use hand sanitizer, go around the market and come back out. We will\nonly have so many people in at a time and volunteers and our two paid staff as\nwell will be maintaining social distancing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At press time, Ms. Williams says AFW\u2019s aim to re-open for the\nSaturday following the Victoria Day weekend has received the enthusiastic\nsupport of the Town of Aurora \u2013 along with Mayor Tom Mrakas and Councillor\nSandra Humfryes, Council\u2019s Market Liaison \u2013 and the Municipal Bylaw Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should the Market get the final go-ahead, 16 vendors have\nconfirmed their attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody is thrilled, everybody wants this,\u201d says Ms. Williams.\n\u201cIt kind of lends a sense of normalcy, which we have been lacking for a while.\nWe\u2019re going to have as many things in place [for hygiene] as a supermarket\nwould, but we\u2019re just going to be going outside. It\u2019s all fresh from the farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Town is behind us 100 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Councillor Humfryes: \u201cDuring these times when all seems to be so different and difficult, it’s\nwonderful to hear that the province is allowing farmers’ markets to open under\nthe new safety guidelines. The AFM has worked diligently with Town Staff and\nPublic Heath Department to ensure the AFM is opening with the new safety\nstandards while still allowing all farmers’ market patrons to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’m personally very excited that\nour Market is opening up. We need some positive news and things to look forward\nto and I believe the opening of the AFM will lighten spirits of our Town\nresidents and all those who enjoy shopping on Saturday mornings beginning at 9\na.m. until 1 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a bittersweet\ntime as I know many will miss seeing our very own Jan Freedman (The Jam Lady)\non opening day; If she were here, we would be busy discussing all the details\nto make a perfect opening for everyone to enjoy. I know Jan will be smiling\ndown at us and making sure all goes perfectly on May 23.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market, including an updated roster of vendors, visit theaurorafarmersmarket.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some sense of spring normalcy might soon return to the community as the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market aims to re-open in a new way. Should the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market (AFM) get the go ahead from York Region Public Health this week, produce and food vendors will once again be greeting customers \u2013 back on Wells Street […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-6TK","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 06:06:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}