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Hertford council backs downtown flea market, park signage and community events planning
Summary
Council members discussed a proposed Main Street flea market, plans for Juneteenth, Harbor Town EDA grant work and recreation-area planning; the council placed a park-renaming item on the consent agenda and asked staff to pursue advertising and wayfinding.
At the March 28 Town of Hertford work session, councilors endorsed several placemaking and community-engagement proposals designed to boost downtown traffic and prepare public spaces for increased use.
Interim Town Manager Janice McKenzie Cole, acting as Main Street director, proposed a "Saturday Morning Live" flea market downtown on the second and fourth Saturdays of June, July and August from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The town would supply tents and charge a $15 vendor fee; staff were directed to pursue advertising in newspapers, yard signs for right-of-ways and to check with WRVS for free promotion. Council supported placing the flea-market item on the April 11 consent agenda.
Councilwoman Connie Brothers said the Juneteenth celebration planning continues and confirmed hours of 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; she noted the Hyde Park sign is in place and that the Roadside Cemetery had been cleaned up. Brothers also read a proclamation recognizing March as Women's Month and presented carnations to women at the meeting.
Mayor Pro Tem Ashley Hodges described meetings on the Harbor Town Project, saying he, Manager Cole and Tourism Director Stacey Layden attended a Columbia meeting and that the town is moving forward with an EDA grant application to build a retaining wall at the waterfront; Hodges said he was preparing a community impact statement. Councilman Jerry Mimlitsch praised resident engagement and new ideas coming to the town. Councilwoman Sandra Anderson announced an EMS life-saving skills presentation for May 10 at 6 p.m. at the Horace Reid Community Center and encouraged electronic responses to the NC Commerce CERRI survey.
The council also placed on the consent agenda a proposal to rename the park area at Market Street/East & West Academy Streets as "Central Park." Minutes note that Mayor Pro Tem Hodges asked that the record reflect his abstention because he objected to taking the vote during a work session. The meeting adjourned at 7:42 p.m.
