Troy Waterfront Farmers Market seeks your vote as one of country’s best in nationwide contest (Spotlight News)
This story by Michael Hallisey was published in Spotlight News on August 31, 2022. Spotlight News is now owned by Gazette News Group, publisher of The Daily Gazette.
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The market was competing in the American Farmland Trust and Farmers Market Coalition’s 14th annual America’s Farmers Market Celebration, a public vote. As of the Sunday before publication, Troy ranked third in New York, sixth in the Northeast and 14th in the nation. Voting ran until Sept. 19, with $10,000 in prizes for the top five markets nationally.
The story described the market as an open-air street festival drawing up to 15,000 people on its busiest Saturdays. Its quote from Market Manager Steve Ridler came from a statement issued before the market returned to Monument Square that May.
“We have one of the best urban settings of any farmers market in the country.”
— Market Manager Steve Ridler, in a May 2022 statement quoted by Spotlight News
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