Saturday Farmers Market location and improvements
Summary
Board members want a discount for Winter Park resident vendors to keep the market feeling local — staff will study how to verify residency, noting vendors may pass higher fees on to shoppers anyway.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Aug 19, 2026.
Impact analysis
Any vendor discount would slightly reduce market revenue, which currently breaks even or makes money.
Winter Park residents who sell food, beverage or landscaping products at the Saturday market.
Fans of the historic Farmers Market Building location — a minority of survey respondents — will not see the market return there.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board - Aug 19, 2026
Board members want a discount for Winter Park resident vendors to keep the market feeling local — staff will study how to verify residency, noting vendors may pass higher fees on to shoppers anyway.
Keep Winter Park Beautiful and Sustainable Advisory Board - Aug 18, 2026
Starting Sept. 5, the Saturday Farmers Market gets sorted bins for trash, recycling, and compost with O-Town Compost, with special bin toppers to cut contamination.
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board - Jan 21, 2026
The Saturday Market has been at the West Meadow since COVID, and surveys show visitors and vendors strongly prefer it there — but some board members feel the current setup isn't what residents want. Moving it back to the historic Farmers Market Building would cost the city roughly $130,000 more per year, so the board is asking staff to improve the meadow instead.
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