Kenneth Village Farmer’s Market Promoters Seeking Weekly Permit for Friday Event
Glendale’s private-property event permit issued for the Kenneth Village Farmer’s Market is limited to four times per year, but event organizers plan to move the market onto city property and be back this Friday for a 5th week.
A holiday-sized crowd arrived for the July 3 launch of the event in northwest Glendale. The following week there were far fewer shoppers, while the 17th and 24th saw a constant but not heavy stream of visitors.
The vendor who sold two perfectly sweet watermelons to me on each of the last two Fridays said business was just “OK” but said he planned to continue and hopefully momentum would build.
The merchants’ association and the event organizer are working with Development Services to get a permit to hold the market on city sidewalks in front of merchants’ stores (the original permit was for 1425 W. Kenneth Road, private property next to Ivy’s Flower Station).
As of Monday, the City Clerk and Development Services didn’t have a permit application in the works, but a Scholastic Gardens representative says they are “working on it” and plan to be back with vendors this Friday.
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