Farmers Market on 2023 Hiatus

Dear Neighbors,

Many of you have enjoyed shopping, eating, and listening to live music at the East Isles Farmers Market, located on the Uptown Mall Park just west of Hennepin Avenue for the last five years. We at East Isles Neighborhood Association have loved hosting the market and supporting so many local producers and shoppers. At the same time, the market has been under-utilized and unknown by many residents of our Uptown community.

After many conversations, we recognized an opportunity for many of the area neighborhoods to join together and re-imagine a farmers market managed, supported, and promoted by an Uptown Farmers Market Collaborative, working to increase market access, resources, and sustainability.

East Isles, East Bde Maka Ska, and Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Associations have decided to take a farmers market hiatus this summer in order to collaborate on a meaningful and realistic plan for an Uptown Farmers Market in 2024. Rest assured we plan to bring back many of the same vendors, musicians, and food trucks, with new ideas and voices.

If you have any questions, ideas, resources, or a personal interest in getting involved with this new planning collaborative, please reach out to info@eastisles.org.

Gratefully,

East Isles Farmers Market
East Isles Neighborhood Association