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Downtown Farmers Market asks subcommittee for $75,000 to cover Pioneer Park renovation and winter-market uncertainty

2231239 · February 5, 2025
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Summary

Urban Food Connections told the subcommittee that Salt Lake City’s Downtown Farmers Market, which draws roughly 250,000 patrons annually, needs $75,000 in one-time state support to offset increased costs when Pioneer Park is renovated and to help secure winter market permanence.

Carly Gillespie, director of Urban Food Connections of Utah, told the Economic and Community Development Appropriations Subcommittee that the Downtown Farmers Market at Pioneer Park is a statewide economic connector and requested one-time assistance for two specific needs.

"We see 250,000 patrons each year," Gillespie said, describing the market’s scale and its network of more than 100 agricultural producers from 14 Utah…

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