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Vendors urge town to secure permanent home for Smithfield Farmers Market after lease loss
Summary
Vendors told council the farmers market faces losing its downtown lease after 2026 and urged council to support a proposed permanent site and provide short-term help finding an interim location for next season.
Several Smithfield Farmers Market vendors told council they need a permanent home after learning the market’s current lease will not be renewed beyond next year.
Judy Ewell, a vendor and advisory-board member, said the market currently occupies a bank parking lot on Southside of Virginia on a year‑to‑year lease and that the market lost that location’s lease faster than the board anticipated.…
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