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Article: Farmers market lures shoppers Business group promotes Falls Village Centre
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 5, 1997
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Potted plants, homemade soaps, kitchen-fresh breads and farm-
fresh
fruits and vegetables are some of the products filling vendors'
tables every summer at the village's farmers market.
The market, offered each Wednesday through Nov. 26, is one of many
summer events sponsored by the Village Centre Business Improvement
District and designed to boost downtown business.
"We are trying to promote the Village Centre and make people more
aware of the businesses we have," said Robyn Turtenwald, manager of
the improvement district.
Now in its seventh year, the market is unlike those in nearby
communities, which are open weekends.
The village mart is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot
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