Thanks to everyone who is making Bedford Farmers’ Market a reality

To the Editor:

It’s hard to believe but after months of hard work and a lot of discussion and debate, Bedford will have its own Farmers’ Market! How wonderful it has been to watch the market come alive and develop into something much greater than we had anticipated for the season.

There are so many people to thank, it’s difficult to know where to begin. Those wonderful, hard-working farmers, eager to be part of a Bedford farmers’ market, were our “seed,” the beginning. Once we were satisfied we had an ample supply of fresh produce for the market, we started to contact specialty product vendors and once again found tremendous enthusiasm for a Bedford market. Thank you all for your commitment. We can’t wait for our community to meet you and for you to get to know us each Tuesday afternoon.

Thank you Lakewood Educational Farm and Doodlebug and her baby Biscuit, for agreeing to make our opening day on July 23 even more special. Lakewood has generously volunteered to bring more of its exotic farm animals to the market throughout the season. We are so excited that Scott Kinney, owner of Unwine’D, a funky restaurant wine bar, has volunteered to share his culinary talents with a cooking demonstration at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, at the market.

Without the talents and dedication of the steering committee for the market, it would have been impossible to have a market this season. To Kirsten Romano, Greg Rehm, Linda Lin, and newcomer Jill Powers, we thank you, applaud you, and appreciate you because we know all you have done to make this market a reality. You are all extraordinary. Special thanks to Bill Winn of Fresh Joe coffee and a vendor at the market, for volunteering to be the market manager. Bill’s endless energy will serve the market well.

Our community and corporate sponsors readily agreed to help us out with start-up funding. Their financial commitment to the farmers’ market was very important. We sincerely thank The Bedford Garden Club, the Bedford Newcomers’ Club, Centrix Bank and Trust and Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center, our two founding sponsors, for their much appreciate generosity. Thank you Goedecke Decorating Center for your donation of paint and brushes, Liberty Hill Construction for making wooden signs, and GDS (Mike Robinson and Joe Motta) for the great banner. Each donation is so meaningful and appreciated.

The value of the incredible coverage of the Farmers’ Market by The Bedford Bulletin is enormous. The local media was one of the first entities that we approached about the Farmers’ Market and your enthusiasm and support nurtured our commitment to the idea. The service you provide to our community is so important. You contribute so much to local grass-roots endeavors and we thank you for your contribution to the market.

To the town officials of Bedford and specifically Keith Hickey, our town manager, and Brian Ross, director of parks and recreation, our heartfelt thanks. You said “yes” from the very beginning, endured our endless requests and drop-in visits and never failed to help us when we needed it. Special thanks (as always) to Martha Gaudes for your enthusiasm and help.

There are so many others to thank, it is impossible to mention you all. Thank you for your offers of help, your encouragement, your suggestions and your artistic talents.

We have had so much fun putting this market together with the help of so many others. We can still use more volunteers, especially for next year’s market. The possibilities are endless. We invite you to join us and most important of all, we look forward to seeing you at the market on Tuesdays!

Deb Sklar
Christine Moser
Bedford

Thanks to everyone who is making Bedford Farmers’ Market a reality

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